If anyone wants to know why Cascade suddenly closed after many years in business I'd be happy to "fill in the blanks". Believe me it was not due to "lack of enrollment", although, that is the current party line.
Like all entities of this type it had it's good points, and bad points. I do believe that it could have been a very good place, and was in the past, but something went terribly wrong and the adminstration bailed.
Enrollemnt was not decreased due to parent dissatisfaction, but rather the school was forcing the students out so as to have an excuse for when they closed the school. It's a rather long, and convoluted, story so if anyone really wants the 'TRUTH (what a novel idea) just respond and I'll give you the whole mess.
In closing the school, the move by this administration really hurt alot of the children that were doing quite well there, per usual, the lives of the children are never, ever considered when making a corporate decision. Many children that were really doing well were thrust back into environments where they didn't have the necessary coping mechanisms to thrive given all the changes.
Again, if anyone would like to hear the "true" story just let me know. Unfortunately the truth is oftentimes not very pretty when dealing with these types of schools, and situations. The sad thing is is that this school could have been a safe, reputable, academically challenging and wonderful place for children not thriving in a main stream setting. it seems to me that only the "good" schools go under, and the really bad one's thrive - what's that about?
Sorry for the ramble, but I'm also looking for kids that had been at Cascade in the last year, or so. Like all other's just send a note to me here.
Thanks, M
