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Boarding school for troubled teens files for closure

by admin November 14, 2009 Mount Bachelor Academy

Original Article found at the World Link.com
By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Write
Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:54 AM PST
GRANTS PASS  — A boarding school for troubled teens that recently had its license suspended over allegations of abuse and neglect has filed notice it has closed and laid off 72 employees.
Mount Bachelor Academy in Prineville in Central [...]

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Mount Bachelor Academy to Close by Dec.9th

by admin November 14, 2009 Mount Bachelor Academy

Original Article found at  OregonLive.com
By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian
November 09, 2009, 6:16PM

Mount Bachelor Academy, a Prineville boarding school investigated by the state for allegations of child abuse, will close by December 9.
The facility will start letting employees go on Wednesday, with a total loss of between 69 and 72 jobs.
The state Department of Human [...]

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Mount Bachelor Academy’s Future Unknown (Another Aspen Edu. Group program)

by admin November 7, 2009 Uncategorized

Original article with video here.
11/6/09
By Rachel Azevedo
New developments related to the child abuse investigation into a therapeutic school for troubled teens east of Prineville. Mount Bachelor Academy’s web site is now off line. When you type in the web address, you’re directed to parent company, Aspen Educational Group. The state ordered the school to temporarily [...]

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State finds child abuse and neglect at school

by admin November 6, 2009 Mount Bachelor Academy

Original Article
By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press Writer
Posted: 11/04/2009 04:31:16 PM PST
Updated: 11/04/2009 06:00:41 PM PST
The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children.”Our [...]

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Mt. Bachelor Academy Fights Accusations

by admin November 6, 2009 Mount Bachelor Academy

Mt. Bachelor Academy Fights Accusations 7:51AM
They are considering legal actions against the state. by Dave Adams
A Central Oregon home for troubled teens is facing a criminal investigation after the state orders Mount Bachelor Academy to stop providing services. The State Department of [...]

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Investigation finds physical, mental, and sexual abuse at Oregon’s Mount Bachelor Academy

by admin November 6, 2009 Uncategorized

Investigation finds physical, mental, and sexual abuse at Oregon’s Mount Bachelor Academy
November 5, 11:22 PMPolitics in Education ExaminerAna Kasparian
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An article was published in the Huffington Post by journalist Maia Szalavitz regarding a criminal investigation of an Oregon school for troubled teens. Mount Bachelor Academy is in the center of controversial allegations made by [...]

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Runaways, arrests, abuse claims trigger scrutiny of Hillsborough children’s shelter – St. Petersburg Times

by admin November 1, 2009 Uncategorized

Runaways, arrests, abuse claims trigger scrutiny of Hillsborough children’s shelter – St. Petersburg Times
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Bills to curb shock treatments again encounter resistance – Sharon, MA – Sharon Advocate

by admin October 29, 2009 Uncategorized

Bills to curb shock treatments again encounter resistance – Sharon, MA – Sharon Advocate
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Ex-county worker indicted: Video shows detention home employee slamming teen onto table

by admin October 29, 2009 Uncategorized

In the Morning Journal from Ohio there is an article called Ex-county worker indicted: Video shows Detention home employee slamming teen onto table. You can see the video if you click on the above link.
Some of the comments that follow the article amaze me…. such as…..
hrlyrdr wrote on Oct 28, 2009 7:53 AM:
” The punk [...]

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Miller Newton (or whatever name he’s going by today…..)

by admin October 28, 2009 Uncategorized

October 26, 2009 @ 7:00pm
Miller Newton, a failed politician, a failed uban anthropologist, failed teen life-saver is still trying to suceed at his latest endeavor…. trying to be a priest… Father Cassian Newton, to be exact.
I’ve known few men who can manage to be despised by so many people. It’s as though as soon as [...]

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