Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
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Troll Control:
--- Quote ---On 2005-04-22 08:14:00, Anonymous wrote:
"The locked doors and windows prevent boys/girls from getting into the other gender's dorms for rendezvous and to prevent middle of the night running away. Night security is a must at any boarding school, including college campuses. If a teen under the age of 17 leaves a school they are registered at, it is considered running away and the law is called. That is why they try to prevent them from leaving so the law doesn't have to be called. "
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This sounds like some more program garbage/justification.
1. HLA advertises as a no "lockdown" facility.
2. Proper supervision prevents unwanted co-mingling.
3. Locked windows and doors with no interior release are a fire hazard and against the fire code (unless the facility is a "lockdown" and exceptions are made).
4. Walking away from the facility is NOT considered "running away" (unless kid is court ordered, which many HLA kids are). It is considered "truancy."
5. The legal "dropout" age in Georgia is 16, so any kid over 16 can walk away from HLA without repercussion, provided they are not mandated into "treatment."
Get your facts straight before you attempt to "educate" others before somebody makes a stupid decision based on your obviously fallacious statements.
Deborah:
So, do you know HLAs definition of 'lock down'? What would be different than the scenerio I provided?
Yep, locked windows prevent the possibility of a rendezvous, and they are locked and can't be opened to allow for fresh air?
Night security at traditional boarding schools and collegs are there for safety, their job is not to apprehend a student that is trying to leave. Chances are good there aren't any kids trying to leave those facilities.
I would guess they are also charged with observing those sleeping in the hallway or in 'fresh air' (whatever that is- and something you'd never see at BS/College).
I was told that staff would follow a teen who was trying to leave. If they couldn't convince them to return, they would call the police. Several ex participants have commented about being restrained when attempting to leave. Restraint is pretty convincing.
Just wondering, if restraint came into play because there were too many attempts, and calling the 'law' so frequently might reflect on their community image.
Deborah:
The manual states the age of majority to be 17.
Troll Control:
--- Quote ---On 2005-04-22 09:31:00, Deborah wrote:
"The manual states the age of majority to be 17."
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Deborah, you, of all people, should know that HLA's "manual" is full of shit (lies).
ATLANTA -- State education officials swear Georgia's school dropout problem is improving, but Gov. Roy Barnes and members of his reform commission may wind up recommending the General Assembly raise the mandatory attendance age anyway next year from 16 to 18.
The mandatory school attendance age is 16 in Georgia and many states, despite the fact that most students don't graduate until they are 17 or 18.
I wonder who's correct on this issue? HLA or the Governor of Georgia?
Don't drink the Kool-Aid...
Anonymous:
...between the age of mandatory school attendance and the age of majority. One is the age at which you can legally drop out of school. The other is the age at which you can run away from "home" wherever that may be at the time and not have the law after you. It is possible that you may be able to drop out of school at 16, but wait until 17 to move out.
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