Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Highlands Preparatory School
Jill Ryan:
http://http://www.familylight.com/link3/3.03/3.032/RS/RidgeCreek.htmRidge Creek
FamilyLight sm: Successor to "Bridge to Understanding sm"
Under Construction
Ridge Creek has settled into a new identity and focus. Historically, it was a wilderness program. In 2009, it expanded into a therapeutic "College Prep [School] with a Wilderness Twist." Since then, the wilderness program has been dropped, and the therapeutic boarding school well establishcd. Ridge Creek School, took over the buildings of a former school historically located near it. However in the fall of 2011, those buildings will become the site of newly founded boarding and day school that will not have therapeutic content. Ridge Creek will return to the nearby buildings that are mostly unussd at the time this is written.
Currently Ridge Creek is one of the most economical therapeutic boarding schools available. We generally avoid putting costs and charges on our website but you will find that published charges at Ridge Creek tend to run lower than at other schools and programs. In addition to the lower than expected charges, Ridge Creek has a generous financial aid offering, which lowers costs even further for eligible families.
FamilyLight sm visited and inspected Ridge Creek back in the days it was simply a wilderness program. We are also familiar with the physical plant of school property that Ridge Creek has acquired. We have confidence in the programming and the staffing. We have seen the physical plant but we have not been able to assess the adequacy of the physical plant to meet the needs to students attending school four days per week. We are not suggesting inadequacy. We anticipate all is well. But we have not observed it up close and personal. We encourage taking advantage of the bargain rates, but encourage checking out the physical facility. We emphasize that we anticipate that when doing, so you will find the facility satisfactory.
Dysfunction Junction:
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--- Quote from: "Dysfunction Junction" ---OK, I have to ask...Two of you commented about Chris Grimwood being "behind" Len or "in" Len. Are you saying Chris has been sleeping with Len? That wouldn't be a surprise based on Len's previous proclivities with male staff.
RCS certainly has bombed out. That shithole is cratered before it ever gets off the ground in any real way. Undoubtedly due to the dogged determination of a select few here.
Now, the focus must shift to the new facility. If it turns out to be "academics only" I'd be really surprised because the fake therapy angle is what generates the cashflow - lots of billables.
In any case, let's dig in and make sure the public knows who's behind the new facility so they can make informed decisions about where to send their kids to "school".
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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN????
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Not in Len's bedroom, that's for sure!
I suppose Len can overlook fake degrees, lack of qualifications, etc., so long as he gets in the tailpipe from the "overlookee" as it were. This would be funny if it weren't so sad and disturbing.
FreeOfCC:
--- Quote from: "Jill Ryan" ---Has the ORS come on board with this concept?
Also, if RCS is going to take DJJ children per contracts, if, the agencies require separate facilities.
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And will HPS disclose to parents that JD kids are housed just around the bend. And that they are prone to violence and riots? Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
FreeOfCC:
--- Quote from: "Jill Ryan" ---ANOTHER THOUGHT - THE ORS, BJ BAKER and CO. will be happy as pigs in a sty if RCS turns Traditional Boarding School. This lets the ORS off the hook for accountability in allowing this debacle to continue throughout the years. Not that the ORS was ever accountable.
We all remember when the Investigators with the DHS worked tirelessly to put an end to this all ... but the upper echelon, in the words of the GAO, "dropped the ball." Perhaps, it was too hot, so they threw it.
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Yes, ORS would love to be off the hook on this one. If they convince ORS that they are no longer providing therapy and are released from oversight, then it's back to square one. Documenting evidence that they are providing therapy, forcing ORS to investigate and require licensure. Game of 4 square. Or would it be Dodge Ball?
Jill Ryan:
The DHR Georgia, Investigative Unit. Current or former students, parents, staff - any unreported staff/student, student/staff incidents at Ridge Creek School that resulted in injury to either student or staff and can be verified, please contact the DHR directly.
Co-mingling of facilities at Ridge Creek School with adjudicated children, inadequate staffing/inexperienced, unlicensed, uncertified care givers can also be reported to the DHR, ORS(ORCC).
According to the DHR rep the agency will respect privacy.
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