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HLA is unethichal and feeds on parent's desparation and vulnerability

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concerned4youth:
The investigation of HLA needs to continue.  I am aware that over 14 people have left HLA since September 2007 due to their integrity and unwillingness to comply with administrative decisions to provide false information, falsify records, admit students who were not suited to the school and raise money for unneeded items.  A former parent took a position at the school in January of 2008, believing that the school had been wronged by the lawsuit and petition.  He resigned this week due to the fact that he realized that the school was basically robbing parents and misrepresenting the program.  The school has covered up a recent sexual abuse situation in which a male counselor encouraged a male student to run from the school one week before his graduation and picked up the youth in his car.  The parents did find out and he was returned home and the counselor resigned; but the school has done nothing to investigate the allegations, bring charges against the counselor, or make changes that would prevent such abuse in the future.  They allowed the counselor to resign without question to hide their own complicity in the matter.  Apparently the counselor was allowed in the past to take the individual student off campus on "field trips" with no staff members in attendance.  The director of counseling was not replaced when he resigned in March of 08, the librarian was fired and not replaced, there are not enough textbooks, materials, equipment or teaching supplies but the school hired a development person to raise money for cost inflated big ticket items that have no intrinsic benefit for the students.  Staff is threatened, demeaned and disrespected if they either challenge the president, headmaster, or director of admissions; or if they display competence on the administrative level.  Parents are being mislead about the schools credentials. Money is being channeled into schemes which are poorly planned and failing miserably.  Many of the DHR requirements are ignored and dismissed with a cavalier attitude and the response that the situation can be cleaned up right before inspection.

Anonymous:
I would suggest that this be sent to : hodakievicc@gao.gov   She is WELL AWARE of the goings on at HLA. If you would like her number ask for it, it would be a pleasure.  She can give you some direction.

Anonymous:
amazing! sounds like business as usual.
it's unfortunate that the majority of parents don't get to see HLA up close
as this former parent did.
i hope s/he will write of her/his experience.
and report any relevant details to GAO.
if justice is ever to prevail, it will do so when people speak up and report
what they know.

Anonymous:
If anyone knows the parent who worked for HLA, urge him/her to write a letter to The Nugget, the local Dahlonega newspaper, detailing his/her experiences and why he/she resigned.  Publication, even in a small newspaper, carries with it some credibility.  I don't know how effective GAO and other government oversight organizations will prove to be.  So far, they haven't shown me much at all, other than an expressed concern, which is toothless unless they follow up.  Bad publicity is something Len hates, since it cast a shadow on his God-like self perceived image.  A letter to the editor, once published, can be forwarded to other publications, who may pick it up.  It can also be forwarded to organizations like IECA, for the few ethical consultants who actually give a damn.  But it can also turn up in a Google search, for parents who do research on their own.  Mainly, it will embarrass Len and cause him a little more consternation, and that in itself will make it worth the effort.

Anonymous:
  "unethical" is an understatement...  yet this "parent" that quit didn't contact anyone at ORS, GAO, or
anyone familiar with the case against HLA?  How about the FTC?  IRS?  Justice department?

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