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Seen 'n Heard - Aug,
1998 Issue (page 1)
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SUNRISE VALLEY
Wanda Gerber, co-owner of Sunrise Valley, an Adolescent Care Home in Banks, Oregon, 503-324-5765, announced that have worked with
48 boys since they started in 1996. They also announced their Transport Service offering transports to any place in the world. They
have male and female transport officers, and describe them as well trained with Law Enforcement backgrounds.
NEW STAFF AT 3 SPRINGS, DUCK RIVER
Connie Cochran, Director of Admissions at Three Springs at Duck River, in Centerville, Tennessee, 615-729-5040, announced that Icy
B. Bynum, CIC, CPIW has joined their staff as a Referral Coordinator. “Ms. Bynum comes to Three Springs, Inc. from the insurance industry
with eleven years of experience in marketing and client development.”
SUWS LLAMA TREK A SUCCESS
Kathryn Shannonhouse, Asst. Dir. of Admissions for SUWS Adolescent & Youth Programs, 888-879-7897, wrote in the Summer 1998 SUWS
News newsletter that the First Annual Llama Trek early this summer with 20 educational consultants was a complete success.
WLA LOOKING TO FALL SEMESTER
Gene Nervo, founder and director of the Wilderness Leadership Academy (WLA), located near Buchanan, Virginia, 540-254-1146, http://www.virtualroanoke.com/wla/,
announced they are accepting applications for boys for the 1998 Fall Semester. He pointed out that the school’s philosophy is based
on “Respect.”
THE ADAM PAINE ACADEMY THAT NEVER WAS
The June 1998 issue of Youth Today featured an article presenting the mishaps that can occur when an attempt is made to replicate
a non-profit school in one state (Glen Mills School in Pa.) to a start-up for-profit school in another state (Adam Paine Academy in
Forida), with state taxpayer funding. The article explains this “is a case study of politicians casting aside existing expertise and
plunging ahead with a pet project without the usual scrutiny of officials who are used to dealing with major procurement from private
operators.”
MILITARY SCHOOLS GROWING
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette started a 3 part series written by John Michael Kelly on Sunday, April 19, 1998 about the growing popularity
of military schools around the country. After more than 20 years of declining enrollments due to the negative public reaction to the
Vietnam War, the series documents new military schools are opening up even in the inner city. Increased interest is due to parents
looking for “a strong college preparatory program and a heavy dose of discipline. It notes most military schools will not take a child
with behavior problems who needs to be “straightened out.”
Copyright © 1998, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
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