"The school was shut down by the state in 2009 after finding evidence to back allegations of repeated neglect and abuse."
"According to a report by the Oregon Department of Human Services, Mount Bachelor Academy reportedly used “punitive, humiliating, degrading and traumatizing” tactics as “treatment” 00– an approach some say stems from the Synanon self-help group of the 1960's, which was rejected as a cult by mainstream mental health community by the late 1970s."
http://www.ktvz.com/news/28465410/detail.htmlGreat comments section. It reads like an oldies playlist: "Some people like it, so it's awesome and the people suing should be fed to pigs."