Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Aspen Education Group
Mount Bachelor Academy Shut Down
Whooter:
A couple of thoughts
I think it goes beyond that. Businesses find opportunity in every crisis. We are not in the best economic times and most businesses are looking for ways to reduce costs. Aspen has 1 year, 5 year and 10 year plans which includes expansion and opening up new programs. So they have growth on the table and now they have a program which has been crippled.
They could cut costs by just cutting MBA loose for a few reasons I can think of:
1)Oregon isn’t friendly anymore.
2)There will be increased costs in starting MBA back up.
3)MBA’s reputation (name) has taken a hit so they would have to lower their price to fill the same number of beds until they regained their reputation.
4)They would benefit because they would not have to incur the cost to pay their employees severance, unemployment and all contracts with employees would be void because the state shut them down (they had no control), so therefore they are not responsible. The state of Oregon will pay for the 77 people out of work and loss in taxes and revenue. Say the average employee makes $50,000 that’s over $30,000 a month aspen will save in salary cost, plus they may not have to refund the families because the state never gave them enough notice to close down properly.
5) Reduce overhead.
So it is probably best to just walk away and take the tax break of losing an appendage rather than throw good money at it with uncertain results. Plus like everyone else they need to reduce costs anyway. This would give them the opportunity to move forward earlier on their latest program “Pleasant Valley Academy” in Washington State which has an excellent reputation for therapeutically turning around at-risk youths. And they have some experienced people looking for work to staff it now.
psy:
--- Quote from: "Fuck With The System" ---If you want to have some fun pissing off people from MBA, start posting on this Facebook group.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group ... 418&ref=mf
It's a petition to save MBA filled with testimony about how it "saved peoples lives."
Enjoy being insulted and ridiculed by every brainwashed mind there. I love internet activism.
--- End quote ---
Not much point. In order to post in that group you have to join (sign the petition, in other words). Furthermore, the group leader has made it clear that posts criticizing MBA will be deleted:
--- Quote from: "Sarah Woods" ---IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT!!! The comments of those that are obviously confused or choosing to be ignorant of the purpose of our site will be removed. I can already hear the wah wah wah's of how we are bias, how we are one sided, yes. We are one sided. The side that chooses to focus on the positive. So if you are not going to learn how to read first of all the obvious title of our site, go somewhere else. This is effective now.
--- End quote ---
I love how they redefine the terms "positive" and "negative". "Positive" means in support of the program and "negative" means criticizing the program. "Focusing on the positive" basically means "praising the holy program".
There is a more neutral group here allowing both criticism and praise of MBA:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2317447731&ref=mf
Whooter:
Another way to help clarify my thoughts:
Lets say that “Big Al’s Daycare and Towing service” ( a local business model that found success because Big Al would pick-up and drop off the kids) was shut down for abuse, due to reports that children were seen playing on the edges of major highways in the area and also were present at the scenes of major car accidents on a daily basis. After 6 months (and $300,000 in legal costs) Big Al successfully argued that he technically never broke any laws because cars naturally break down all the time and parents place their families on the side of the highway at a safe distance, which was what Big Al does so he isn’t placing the kids at any higher risk than a normal family would. So all charges were dropped.
The problem is that people will remember the Name “Big Al” associated with “abuse” and therefore his business will be permanently damaged. Big Al’s only options would be to drop the Daycare from his business model or move to another state where no one associates his name with abuse. Or he could transfer the daycare portion to his wife and call it “Big Bertha's Daycare and Septic Cleaning” and try to start anew.
Sometimes it is best to stay and fight and others to just move on.
Anonymous:
From above link: allegedly successful MBA graduate Lauren Ann Hoffman opines:
"Frankly, if girls are sent to mba because they have problems sucking too much dick, then dressing in a french maid costume shouldnt phase them. MBA does everything for a purpose."[/list]
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "Psy" ---Right and MBA waved that right by deciding to shut down rather than put up a defense. If they were innocent and these charges were false, why would they do that? Perhaps because DHS only touched the tip of the iceberg and MBA did not want the full details of their LifeSteps becoming public.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, it is very reminiscent of what happened with Whitmore and Cheryl Sudweeks. Carp and bitch that these people are closing and not copping to guilt overlooks the fact that no innocent person would buckle and enter a plea bargain to such horrible accusations with their livelihood at stake. Like Cheryl Sudweeks, MBA is cutting their losses so they can still do business elsewhere rather than face public trial, jail and permanent blackballing. You're full of shit if you believe MBA is doing anything other than dodging the bullet they well deserve.
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