You should have seen the letters they sent out to all the parents who had sent their kids there urging them to donate to the "defense fund". Whenever I ask how it possibly costs almost 20 thousand dollars to take a kid into the woods for 2 months and give them a phony transcript for 1 month of "school", I always get the same answer. They always claim that the insurance is outrageous, which I am sure it is for those that actually bother to get insured but that still does not account for the obvious profiting of the operators from these supposedly non-profit programs. Despite the relatively mild nature of Alldredge compared to many other programs, kids who go there still get referred to samoa and other places on a regular basis. Alex told me that if you tried to escape 3 times they would tell your parents you need to be sent elsewhere.
Actually according to the story they got the maximum penalty for what they pled guilty to. Unfortunately the state did not have the strongest case and it was only filed because the parents essentially brought their own federal prosecutor into it. Not that the school is any good but I am far less disapointed in this verdict than in other far more egregious abuse cases. Any updates on the buffalo soldiers bootcamp death case, the owner is up for murder and possession of 1/4 Lb of Marijuana? I am far more interested in that case than this one.
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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?" Babylon 5-A Late Delivery from Avalon
[ This Message was edited by: FaceKhan on 2002-06-17 19:38 ]
