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Ridge Creek "School" - Unpaid Staff and Resident Riot
Dysfunction Junction:
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--- Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction" ---Here is the confirmation from the Dahlonega Nugget that this riot at RCS, not to be confused with the other riot at RCS last fall, did in fact happen on Sunday the 16th of January and that Chris Grimwood mistakenly said "Sunday the 17th" in his letter to RCS parents.
--- Quote from: "Matt Aiken of the Dahlonega Nugget, on Jan. 26th, 2011" ---The incident began last Sunday morning with a threatened walk-out by a majority of the students at the school formerly known as Hidden Lake Academy.
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Not to be splitting hairs too much, but... I wish it were more unequivocal re. which "last Sunday" they're talking about. From the wording of the article, it could also mean Sunday, January 23rd.
@Jill: Was this from the e-edition, accessed as noted above?
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If you look at the Grimwood letter (if you can call that language mangling a "letter") you will see that he also says staff will get checks on Thursday the 20th, so this puts the riot on the 16th and the letter on the 17th (Monday) with checks allegedly going out that Thursday (the 20th).
Dysfunction Junction:
Can anybody get a copy of the article about the previous riot at RCS? This, by some accounts, happened around October, 2010.
RCSworkhorse:
"I am a little confused. Perhaps you can help. RCS Wildrness aka Ridge Creek, Inc.the OCI(outdoor child caring institution) on ORS inspection date 08/23/2010 - Ridge Creek stated there were no children active and Ridge Creek Wilderness did not expect any until the Spring. "Interventions" to Ridge Creek Wilderness were to cease years back from the regular program of the sister school, formerly HLA, then/ now RCS. You stated "interventions" in the above Dec.14th post as ' former' staff??? Ridge Creek Wilderness was not to hold further "interventions" from the sister school HLA/RCS, remaining a separate entity, entirely. Are you stating RCS still used "interventions" to Ridge Creek Wilderness after the ORS regulation in 2006-2007? Also, the staff listing under Ridge Creek Wilderness is HEAVY, considering, according to the ORS 08/23/2010, the program is not/was not operational. Which is it? Thanks."
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Jill,
In the spring of 2010..in May Len ordered that the Director of Recreation plan and implement a 10 day wilderness intervention for a group of 10 students who were struggling with compliance or were repeatedly breaking major RCS agreements on some level (no sexual behavior or glorifying sex, no drugs or glorifying drugs, no violence or glorifying violence). I was unaware of any such ORS restrictions on wilderness interventions but it was certainly implemented. Neither Len or Chris notified anyone about any ORS restrictions on wilderness-based programming. I personally think it was one of the more effective efforts made during my time there....students were required to complete academic work, therapeutics, community service, daily hikes and group processing each day. The intervention ended with a three day backpacking excursion....the Rec staff really did the best they possibly could with this intervention given the short notice given to plan it and limited number of staff with wilderness experience.
Hope this answers your question.
Jill Ryan:
This makes no sense. Director of Recreation is /was Chris Grimwood ?? He has no qualifications for writing any Wilderness plan/intervention. I am not sure ceasing HLA via Ridge Creek Wilderness "interventions" was a regulation((ORS oversight, ORS directive, or HLA/Ridge Creek Wilderness, Ridge Creek School/Inc. declaration.) There are literally thousands of documents, with any grace, we might be able to find the link regarding "future interventions" from 2006 forward.
browneyes:
just to let you know..... Chris Grimwood has left RCS and is going to Brandon Hall which he was employed by Jeff Holloway that hired him at RCS when it changed from HLA to RCS.
Parents beware.....we are only changing from one institution to another. Parents need to be aware that we are moving from intuition from one school to another . he has already
left RCS. So has everyone else.
History repeats itself...........
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