Seen 'n Heard - Mar, 2002
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BRUSH RANCH SCHOOL TOURS EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS
(February 22, 2001) Kay Rice, M.A., Head of Brush Ranch School, Tererro, New Mexico,
505-757-6114, announced 14 educational consultants toured their campus in February, including Diane Arnold, Molly Baron, Harriet Bay,
Nancy Greene, Ellen Heard, Nancy Ike, Anne Lewis, Nancy Masland, David Parker, Barbara Posner, Toby Richardson, Alice Shepperd, Sausan
Skelton and Rhea Wolfram. Kim Rubin hosted dinner for the group in her “lovely home”. They have secured the governor of New Mexico,
Gary Johnson, as the featured speaker for Brush Ranch’s senior graduation on Saturday, May 18th.
NEW HAVEN EXPANDS BED CAPACITY
(February 26, 2002) Craig LaMont, MS, LMFT, Owner, New
Haven, Inc., and Saratoga Springs Academy, Provo, Utah, 800-484-2314 SCode 2297, announced New Haven will open up 14 new beds
at their North Campus by April of this year. Since Saratoga Springs completed construction on their classrooms and has moved away
from the house parent model of staffing, they now have “a beautiful home that can accommodate approximately 30 students. The Saratoga
Springs Academy transition program will be run out of part of the home, and the New Haven North Campus will occupy a different part
of the home.” Amy Jeppesen, once the assistant clinical director, and most recently, director of marketing and research, at New Haven,
will be the clinical director for the North Campus. Mark Freechem who is currently at Saratoga Springs Academy, will be the new Marketing
Director.
FILM HIGHLIGHTS DESISTO GIRLS’ BICYCLE RIDE (February
26, 2002) A documentary file entitled UPHILL ALL THE WAY
has been released that tells the story of five DeSisto female students in a 2,500 mile bicycle journey along the United States
Continental Divide. Presented as a story of these girls’ resilience and ability to persevere. This 80 minute film can be rented
or bought through Women Make Movies, New York City, 212-925-0606 x360.
CEDU MIDDLE SCHOOL DRUG PROGRAM
(March 4, 2002) Brandi Elliott, CEDU
Middle School Director, Running Springs, California, 800-884-2338, announced the start of their ten-week drug and alcohol prevention
and education program. “All students in the last six months of the program participate in this curriculum. The class covers
the media’s glamorization of drugs and alcohol, the physical effects to your body, and healthy ways to say no to drugs and alcohol.”
NEW HORIZONS IN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
(March 5, 2002) Audrey A. Peavey, Admissions Director for New
Horizons Wilderness Program for young women, Brewer, Maine, 207-992-2424, info@daughtersinc.com,
announced Good Housekeeping’s April 2002 issue featured New Horizons’ founder Jackie Danforth, in an article entitled “Finding Her
Own Path.”
EATING DISORDER FUNDED BY CRIME VICTIMS’ COMPENSATION ACT
(March 7, 2002) Judy Marty, Regional Marketing Representative for Remuda
Ranch, Wickenburg, Arizona, 800-445-1900 x4502, announced an eating disorder facility just received a full pay patient who is being
funded by the US Dept. of Justice “through the Crime Victims’ Compensation Act as the eating disorder was a direct result of a crime.”
GLACIER MOUNTAIN ED. SERVICES TROUBLE
(March 10, 2002) Susan Drumheller reported about Glacier Mountain Educational
Services, Cocolalla, Idaho, owned and operated by John Baisden, in the Spokesman-Review on Feb.
23, 2002 and March 10, 2002.
Her article stated their foster care license has been revoked by the state Department of Health and Welfare. Bonner County filed a
complaint that his facility has been operating without a conditional use permit, and it is under investigation by the Attorney General
for false advertising and by the Bonner County Prosecutor for failure to report a crime.
GLACIER MOUNTAIN ACADEMY CRITICIZED
(March 10, 2002) Susan Drumheller, who has yet to write a positive article
on any of the North Idaho Emotional Growth/Therapeutic schools and programs, reports
that Glacier Mountain Academy, owned and run by Larry Bauer, , has a county complaint filed against him that “he is operating
a school without a conditional use permit.” Glacier Mountain Academy is licensed as a foster home with the state and is also
accredited through the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges as a Special Purpose School. Larry Bauer, for unnamed reasons,
totally separated himself in 1999 from John Baisden, who now operates Glacier Mountain Educational Services, which has several problems
currently. Even so, the Drumheller
article quotes a critical parent letter from 1998, which was really against the old corporation. Larry Bauer, on March 8,
in response to county concerns, had moved academic classes to another location in Ponderay, “in order to comply with Bonner County
Planning and Zoning.”
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