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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 15 > Ever unconventional, long controversial

Ever unconventional, long controversial

The school’s history is a twisted one, involving atypical therapy methods and company mergers, good intentions and success stories, but also cases of what some, including the state, call abuse. The story behind the academy’s closure.

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
November 15, 2009

An era ended when Mount Bachelor Academy closed Nov. 3, following allegations of child abuse by the state Department of Human Services.

The private school for troubled teens, located 26 miles east of Prineville, was one of the last of its kind — a school whose methods originated in the Synanon....

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