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Ridge Creek School experiencing well deserved success
Whooter:
As DJ, pointed out above, Ridge Creek School is not new to the industry. They deal with kids who are at-risk and kids who are not thriving well within their home community. Ridge Creek School has shown a consistent track record of being transparent as is evident in their open door policy with local officials. The DHS visits RCS consistently throughout the year and speaks with staff as well as students so there is not much that DHS does not know about within Ridge Creek. The school is regulated by the state and their staff is masters level and licensed within the state of Georgia.
This is an exciting year for Ridge Creek School. They are hiring on more licensed staff and counselors in preparation for 2011 which looks to be a very big year for RCS.
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Dysfunction Junction:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---Ridge Creek School has shown a consistent track record of being transparent as is evident in their open door policy with local officials.
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This is a lie. The first report from 2010 shows the opposite:
--- Quote from: "DHS Report on RCS/HLA Juvenile Lockup" ---Name of Provider or Supplier
RIDGE CREEK, INC- MOUNTAIN BROOK ACADEMY
Street Address, City, State Zip Code
830 HIDDEN LAKE ROAD
DAHLONEGA, GA 30533
Inspection Results
R 0000 Opening Comments.
The purpose of this visit was to conduct an investigation into Ga., 77483.
R 0709 290-2-5-.07(d) Inspections and Investigations.
SS=D
Failure to Allow Access. Failure to allow access of the department's representative to the institution, its staff, or
the children receiving care at the institution or the books, records, papers, or other information related to initial or
continued licens
This Requirement is not met as evidenced by:
Based on a requested record review and staff interview the agency failed to allow acces to the
institution's resident case records.
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It has to make parents wonder why RCS plants people on survivor websites to lie. They are probably in a lot worse trouble that the reports indicate if they have to do damage control like this.
Read the reports, parents. Their content is scary and deeply disturbing, despite the damage control they are trying to effect via outright lies as noted above.
Whooter:
If you read the above report, DHS, could not get access to the records right away because the computer system was down.
The presence of the reports themselves is evidence that the DHS visits Ridge Creek School on a regular basis. Ridge Creek school has an open door policy which allows outside agencies access to speak with their staff and the children at any time. I think this is why RCS has been so successful and is expanding at a fast rate as is evident in the number of staff they are hiring for 2011.
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Jill Ryan:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---It was interesting to read some of the history.
At one point HLA was the second largest private employer in Lumpkin County, with 138 faculty and staff, 90 of whom lived in the county. Additionally, 12 local people were employed by the food service contractor used by the school.
It appears the Ridge Creek School has turned the corner and is rebuilding quickly to grow back the business that it once had.
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From Deb''s post should have quoted this.
"4th Quarter 2005
Lumpkin County- Five Largest Employers
Chestatee Regional Hospital
Mohawk Carpet Corp
North Ga College & University
The Torrington Co
Wal-Mart Associates Inc
Lumpkin Area- Ten Largest Employers
Northeast Ga Medical Center
Fieldale Farms Corp
Pilgrims Pride Corp
Mar-Jac Poultry
K D Acquisition I LLC
Kubota Manufacturing
Wrigley Manufacturing
Brenau College
Wal-Mart Associates
North Ga College & University
The five largest employers in Lumpkin County were
Aladdin Manufacturing Corp
Chestatee Regional Hospital
North Georgia College and State University
TorringtonCompany
Walmart
The ten largest employers in the Lumpkin Area are all located in Hall County, and include
ConAgra Poultry Co.
Cottrell, Inc.
Fieldale FarmsCorp
Gannett Satellite Information Network
Gress Foods LLC
KSLLake Lanier Inc.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Inc.
Peachtree Doors & Windows Inc.
WM Wrigley Jr. Co.
http://tinyurl.com/3dk73q"
Dysfunction Junction:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---If you read the above report, DHS, could not get access to the records
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EXACTLY, Whooter! That's why they were written up for it. You're catching on finally.
When DHS finally got access over RCS's efforts to deny it, the records showed that RCS in fact DID NOT keep proper records. So, after DHS finally got access, what they found was inadequate and still deeply disturbing.
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