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Anonymous:
Sorry Ginger - but I miss your point.
To answer your questions: None of the above.
Anonymous:
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... &forum=9&5
Goddess of Justice:
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http://www.abundantlifeacademy.com/lead ... ition.html
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Agreed, they just flat out violate students First Amendment Rights and ONLY allow them to have/listen to Christian music. The worst part is their sports page which even has a cheerleading squad (based on the facts and strict rules exposed by survivors, these uniforms and jerseys would not be allowed) Which means that they are having posers for their fictitious sports teams. Were they even sued for false marketing?
Even me and my parents fell for it when we were looking for boarding schools, and I was LUCKY enough not to even go there. We later went on a nation wide search for schools that were not lying. Truth be told, a therapeutic environment (as they claim to be) cannot have all these things that a traditional high school has, it's just not going to work out. The main purpose of these propose of the concept is pacifying and using therapies approved by the American Psychological Association. And continue using them before being sent back to a traditional high school, public or private.
Oscar:
They closed down in Utah for a while and then re-opened over at the East Coast. Now the local police has been involved in two incidents where employees have been arrested and charged with crimes. Next step is the courts:
Caroline boarding school director charged with child endangerment
BY PORTSIA SMITH / THE FREE LANCE–STAR, July 24th, 2014
A former program director at a Christian-themed boarding school in Caroline County is facing additional criminal charges.
Liam Brendan Galligan, 44, of Fredericksburg is charged with 13 counts of felony child endangerment.
Caroline Sheriff Tony Lippa said Galligan was arrested Tuesday night in connection with an incident in November 2013 in which 13 male students at Abundant Life Academy near Sparta were “placed into a dangerous situation as a form of punishment,” according to a police report.
The students were forced to do military-style drills, such as barrel rolls in a swamp in 35-degree temperatures and then made to wash off in a lake, the report said. Many of the students ended up getting sick as a result, it said.
Galligan is one of four former Abundant life employees accused in another incident involving a student on Feb. 14.
Galligan, Jovany Rivera, 21, Timothy Jordan, 26, and 49-year-old William Honea are each charged with assault and battery and assault by mob in that case. The charges are misdemeanors.
They are accused of committing a continuous assault on a student at Abundant Life, the police report said.
An Aug. 6 trial in Caroline Circuit Court has been set for the four defendants.
In a separate case, a fifth Abundant Life staff member was charged in Caroline last month with an assault that is believed to have occurred in June.
Nathaniel Daniel, who has since been removed as a program director at the school, is charged with sexual battery in Caroline Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. A tip to police led to that charge. No other details have been released in that case, but a court date should be set soon, Lippa said.
Abundant Life Academy is a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens. The school’s mission is to “equip students and families to live a life of love, acceptance and forgiveness through modeling and training of biblical principles, bridging the gap between parents and children,” according to its application when it filed to set up shop in the county.
It is in the location of the former Easter Seals and Remuda Ranch building off Passing Road near Sparta.
The Caroline County Board of Supervisors approved the school last July.
Oscar:
Caroline boarding school probed
BY PORTSIA SMITH / THE FREE LANCE–STAR, June 19th, 2014
The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three separate incidents involving students at Abundant Life Academy, a Christian-based boarding school for troubled teens, that have led to charges against school staff members.
The investigations began in April after four male students ran away from the former Remuda Ranch off Passing Road near Sparta.
According to a police report, the four juveniles ran away from the school in the middle of the night after breaking a window and stealing a Gator utility vehicle from a school shed. The date of the incident was not released.
The vehicle apparently ran out of gas, and the group was found walking along a road by a King George County deputy, the report said.
The King George deputy contacted the Caroline Sheriff’s Office about the teens.
The report noted an alarm at the school had gone off, but that law enforcement was not notified by the school about the missing students.
The teens told police that they were headed north to get away from the school and “made statements that things weren’t right” at Abundant Life, according to the report.
No charges were filed against the students.
But Caroline deputies began an investigation that has led to charges against several Abundant Life Academy staff members.
Direct indictments were made against four staff members, who are no longer employed as the school. The four appeared in Caroline Circuit Court on Thursday involving an alleged assault on a student on Feb. 14.
Jovany Rivera, 21, Timothy Jordan, 26, Liam Galligan, 44, and 49-year-old William Honea are each charged with assault and battery and assault by mob. The charges are misdemeanors. They are accused of committing a continuous assault on a student at Abundant Life.
An Aug. 6 trial has been set for the four in circuit court.
In a separate case, a fifth Abundant Life staff member was arrested in Caroline on Saturday for an assault that is believed to have occurred earlier this month.
Nathaniel Daniel, listed on the school’s website as a program director, is charged with sexual battery in Caroline Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. A tip to police led to that charge. No other details have been released in that case.
The Sheriff’s Office is also investigating a complaint about another incident believed to have occurred last fall, when about 15 students were “placed into a dangerous situation as a form of punishment,” according to the police report.
Abundant Life Academy is a therapeutic boarding school whose mission is to “equip students and families to live a life of love, acceptance and forgiveness through modeling and training of biblical principles, bridging the gap between parents and children,” according to its application to the county.
The Caroline County Board of Supervisors approved the school last July.
The board had twice denied the application in 2012 because of concerns, including security issues at the school.
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