PER ORCC - Highlands Preparatory School as a Traditional Boarding School, needs to be a separate entity from Ridge Creek School(Therapeutic) as a CCI. Highlands Preparatory School LLC is registered as a corporation with the Sec. of State Georgia by Thornton Morris(Mr.Buccellato's attorney) as agent and organizer.
According to the ORCC, the agency understands from what they were informed by RCS staff, Highland Preparatory School and grounds(formerly Ridge Creek School CCI, therapeutic, currently moving to Ridge Creek Wilderness Camp) will be leased and no longer a part of Ridge Creek, Inc.
Could happen, investors could have come in ... However ...
Over the years, nothing has ever appeared congruent to say the least. Ridge Creek, Inc. could lease the property outright, but that would mean losing control, which would be an unusual move for the owner considering his character. Stranger things have happened. Another scenario is that the lease would be on paper to placate the ORCC/ORS, possibly create a spin-off corporation as with HLA, INC./Hidden Lake Academy, Inc. Ridge Creek, Inc. can always bring back Creekside or family .... The possiblities are endless and as always the Ed Consultants are as clueless as the state agencies. According to the Educational Consultants, Highlands Preparatory is Ridge Creek School and vice versa. Sound familiar? Mr. Buccellato is their puppet master and quite good at it.
One question, does this mean the staff will be leased out as well? Afterall, if Highlands Preparatory School is going to be leased, wouldn't the entity holding the lease want to hire their own staff? Ridge Creek, Inc. is doing the hiring.
Before the ORCC buys the "lease" theory, perhaps they should request the written lease ... yes, we have seen things in writing before, but get it in writing.
