http://http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/ExcelAcademyVR_080815.shtmlBack when lubricating the teenagers behind and jumpsuits were a norm Excel Academy had 110 teenagers detained. Now where they have targeted the program against drug treatment and "voluntary" enrollment without escorts, they have 20.
Don Vardell, Executive Director, has become the driving force behind the 'new' EXCEL. He arrived on the EXCEL scene in August 2007. At that time, EXCEL Academy had 110 students. From August 2007 to January 2008, through attrition, redirection to more appropriate programs, and a large graduation in December 2007, the enrollment shrank to 15 students. The restructuring of EXCEL Academy began in earnest in January 2008
and
When we visited, there were 20 students registered at the Academy. The plan of the 'new' EXCEL is to increase enrollment to 35, and plans for the future have a maximum enrollment of 56 students.
That shows why other programs are tempted to create "one treatment fix all".
* This contribution is not an endorsement of the present version of Excel *
