*this is more of a topical post I think is relateable. I couldn’t find a thread for this particular school…
“This idea of thinking that you can send your kid off to a one-stop shop, one-size-fits-all program that will fix them, that just doesn't work,” Kubler says.
Other schools for troubled teens, but not under WWASP, have faced controversy through the years too, including Trails Carolina. On February 2 of this year, a
12-year-old boy from New York died at Trails Carolina less than 24 hours after arriving at the camp. Since then, all admissions have been suspended and all children were removed from camp pending an investigation,
WRAL reports.
“We really hope there's some justice that comes from all of this and that it will empower more people to speak out,” Kubler says about her upcoming docuseries.
‘The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping’ shines a light on the abuse children endured at a now-defunct boarding school in Upstate New York.
people.com