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Mount Bachelor Academy Shut Down
psy:
--- Quote from: "joethebadass" ---It's official now! I have heard via the MBA parent listserv that Aspen has made the decision to close the program for good, regardless of what happens in this appeal.
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Smart move on their part. Makes it look like they're appalled as well. Also lets them avoid being "technically" shut down by the state. Now they can just claim defamatory statements were made that caused irreparable harm, making MBA's remaining open unfeasible. Wouldn't be surprised if they sued the state at some point over it to try and save face (though, as Benchmark found out, that can backfire).
--- Quote ---Apparently the PR was just too bad.
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Most common cause of death for any given program.
--- Quote ---Sharon Bitz will most likely never work for an Aspen program again.
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What a shame. Such a stain on such a young career. Right under the bus. :seg:
--- Quote ---However I'm sure that many of the staff from MBA will either start a new school or go to work for one that still uses marathon workshops like lifesteps.
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No doubt about that.
Oscar:
They have removed the facility from their homepage Residential schools - AEG. Sagewalk is however still up on their wilderness page.
A call for a little more pressure is needed, so the remaining school in Bend is involved in this scandal also and Oregon is totally lost for them.
Anonymous:
I cant say anything about MBA being shut down except I went to the school and had a good enough experience and the friends I made are friends for life Like family. Sharon Bitz was my first Mentor at Mount Bachelor and she was and I am sure is a caring person who really helped me. It's sad this is coming down on her she deserves better.
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "OliJ" ---I cant say anything about MBA being shut down except I went to the school and had a good enough experience and the friends I made are friends for life Like family. Sharon Bitz was my first Mentor at Mount Bachelor and she was and I am sure is a caring person who really helped me. It's sad this is coming down on her she deserves better.
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Jim Jones also did tremendous good for a lot of struggling folk in California. The ideals he cited were laudable, he fought for a better way of life for everyone, he cared about the people in his church, and he was said to be charismatic to boot.
Close to 1000 people drank that Kool-Aid in Guyana over the course of fairly little time, and that was the end of that. Who knows how many countless other lives he destroyed with his narcissistic megalomania, not seen nor recognized by the average parishioner sitting rapt in the pew, listening to his sermons of a better world...
A bittersweet toast to ya, OliJ, may all of our journeys bring us some better insight and understanding some day.
:dose: :dose:
Troll Control:
Copied from another thread...
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---http://http://cafety.org/images/stories/documents/MBA/mba_complaint%20%20order%20to%20correct_2009.pdf
Please look at item #23. We now know that a little girl was RAPED AT MBA and that MBA staff failed to report this RAPE OF A MINOR FEMALE IN THEIR CUSTODY to any authorities.
It's bad enough Aspen keeps these kids against their will, censors or prohibits communication with family, etc. But now we have proof that these children are being RPAED ON CAMPUS and NOTHING is being reported to authorities. I wonder if this was a STAFF MEMBER who RAPED this UNDERAGE GIRL???
All other oversight agencies which have authority over Aspen programs in their states should immediately force them to suspend operations pending investigation. These crimes have happened repeatedly and over many years on Aspen campuses and the authorities need to put a stop to the RAPE, MURDER, ABUSE and NEGLECT of our children being held at Aspen programs. The abuse is pervasive and systematic.
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This is just horrific. I can't believe Aspen has gotten away with these abuses for so long at so many facilities. The report reads like a horror story.
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