Is there any way to stay on topic and not allow this thread, like other threads, to be derailed.
If any parent wishes to file a suit against Ridge Creek, please keep in mind the State and the Federal government is well-aware of Ridge Creek, formerly HLA. Although Georgia's agencies enjoy immunity, it is penetrable where negligence, ignoring their fiduciary responsibility, and corruption can be proven. There is a track record with Georgia's oversight agencies, discrepencies with reports of incidents, ORS, LCSO, etc. it is not good. In 2007, Keith Bostick, then of Georiga's ORS, now under DHS-Residential Child Care stated that if HLA had one more incident, they would shut them down.
Children's rights - Federal. Stay out of the State, if possible. Check with your attorney if GAO agents can be deposed and you can somehow get access to their records. It is all there. Send a letter, for a track record ,to the Governor's Office, Educational Oversight Department, they too are aware.
Any other Georgia agencies, there is a "red Flag" so to speak, regarding HLA/RC. You will be sent to "special handlers."
DJJ - Contract with Lumpkin County and State.
Georgia has FOIA forms, but as with the ORS, now DHS - RCC, unless specifically stated, they will send you 4 pages of thousands and plead ignorance, until pushed.