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Offline timeandlove

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« on: January 10, 2008, 06:31:08 AM »
"A rose by any other name........" - you get the picture!  Perhaps HLA is is the process of transitioning from a TBS to a RTC?  Maybe the accreditations, state requirements, licensing etc. are not as stringent as they are with an academic institution?  I'm just throwing out some thoughts as to what MIGHT be happening there.  We're all aware that HLA is a very fluid place, to say the least.  Bucci will do whatever it takes to hold onto his "evil empire!"  Once again, I say "a rose by any other name is still a rose!"

I'm still curious about the enrollment #s at HLA as of today.
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Re: Mountain Brook Academy
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 07:54:43 AM »
Quote from: ""timeandlove""
"A rose by any other name........" - you get the picture!  Perhaps HLA is is the process of transitioning from a TBS to a RTC? Maybe the accreditations, state requirements, licensing etc. are not as stringent as they are with an academic institution?  I'm just throwing out some thoughts as to what MIGHT be happening there.  We're all aware that HLA is a very fluid place, to say the least.  Bucci will do whatever it takes to hold onto his "evil empire!"  Once again, I say "a rose by any other name is still a rose!"

I'm still curious about the enrollment #s at HLA as of today.


HLA has never been an "academic institution".  Any institution that houses kids 24/7 must provide an academic component, but there primary purpose isn't, and has never been, academics. They are not a "school". They are a TBS/RTC with the required academic program.
All institutions that board kids 24/7, whether RTC or TBS or wilderness, must be licensed and monitored by the state. It's the law.
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Re: Mountain Brook Academy
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2008, 08:32:55 AM »
Quote from: ""timeandlove""
I say "a rose by any other name is still a rose!"

MMmm. Maybe that's true. But whilst some like to call it "fertilizer," others may well call it "shit."
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2008, 09:08:33 AM »
Mountain Brook specifically calls themselves an "Adolescent Residential Treatment Center" on their web site. By calling themselves an RTC they must be licensed by ORS, but they do not show up as a licensed facility when you search ORS's web site.

http://ors.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/ ... 01010aRCRD
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2008, 09:11:08 AM »
Does anyone know what the monthly tuition is to attend Mountain Brook?
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2008, 11:25:59 AM »
Billy Wells reported that it would be $15,000/month in his letter to the editor in the Nugget.
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p= ... a57#286241
I assume that HLA reported that to the Commissioners when they were looking for tax abatement.

Can anyone confirm that?
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Re: Mountain Brook Academy
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2008, 12:36:06 PM »
  Does anyone know if the Town Council had to vote to approve Mountain Brook on HLA premises?  Did the ORS license Mountain Brook?
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Re: Mountain Brook Academy
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2008, 01:03:20 AM »
well....lets think abit...

if the town council had any say, do you think M.B would exist? The reason it got blocked before was because HLA was seeking a tax abatement. without it, they cant develop anything and not expect to go bankrupt - they have little cash, apparently, somehow. so the sly devils they figured out some loophole to get out of paying as many taxes by putting it where RCI is.

what i would have done would be sell the land they were going to build the original MB and use those proceeds to create/renovate an MB dorm on RCI land. now they're not paying anything extra in taxes, but got themselves a new cash cow and HLA population behavior management device. I think thats exactly what they did.
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Re: Mountain Brook Academy
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2008, 02:59:31 PM »
Why isn't Mountain Brook's web site working properly? Did they get shut down?

http://http://www.mountainbrookacademy.org
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Re: Mountain Brook Academy
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2008, 03:41:37 PM »
This one has a flyer for a conference that allegedly happened this past June:
http://www.mountainbrookacademy.com/

This one says "parked":
http://www.mountainbrookacademy.net/
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