Lon Woodbury worked in admissions, I believe, at RMA. He was there when I was, I think.
The only death I know about was the kid who hanged himself. (Article here:
http://www.teenliberty.org/RMA.htm )
And as they said before, the kid at NWA broke his arm. A kid when I was there broke his arm, too, when he was play-wrestling with Pat Stambusky, a staff member and CEDU alum. I don't really know if I would classify that as abuse, though. More just a stupid accident, with Pat being the stupid one. Another kid almost died because of medical negligence, because her thyroid condition developed into full blown diabetes, but the staff were completely ignorant of the fact, and just kept her down in the dorm, sick in bed, instead of taking her to the doctor like they should have. (blownaway, you were most likely there when that happened and may remember her.)
Strange, re: the Ruby Ridge issue. I don't even remember having night watchmen. That's how spotty my memory is. I remember the staff, and the maintenance guys, and the kitchen staff, but I don't remember night watchmen.
Speaking of kitchen staff, hey blownaway, remember Wendy, one of the kitchen ladies? Who could out-armwrestle anyone? (she was kind of like, the one in charge of the kitchen) She was cool. I didn't know her that well or talk to her that much, but in hindsight, I think she was a pretty cool person. I remember kids who talked a lot with the kitchen staff were looked down upon and made fun of by their peers, (because it was assumed that they didn't have
"real" friends, as if the kitchen staff weren't adequate or appropriate friends to have) which I think in retrospect is totally classist and snobbish. You know, "don't socialize with the help." and such rubbish. How rude and elitist. What a rich kid attitude.