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Franklin Academy Graduation
Franklin Academy (Maine) graduated four students in June. Returning
to visit was one of the original seven students the school started with.
He had started Franklin Academy not using much of his talent. After
one year at the academy, he went to St. Dominic's High School in Lewiston
Maine, where he was elected President of the Junior class and achieved
honors in six of seven classes. Turning children's lives around is what
Special Purpose schools are about.
Steve Cawdry Reports on Spring
Creek School
Steve Cawdry of Spring Creek Community School in Montana reports as
of mid-November, the school is alive and well. Ann Wilson-Schaef is
helping as a consultant to restructure the goals and the school to meet
the needs of the current 7 students, as well as utilize Steve's strengths.
Notice to Education Consultants, Steve Cawdry is back working directly
with kids. If you are lucky enough to get your client in, he or she
will receive better services than SCC has probably ever provided.
Lon Woodbury Runs for State Representative
Lon Woodbury, Editor of Special Purpose Schools Reports, received 42%
of the vote in his late starting bid for election to the Idaho House
of Representatives. He carried his home county of Boundary where he
was known, but lost in the larger neighboring county of Bonner where
he was not as well known. His reaction to the election returns was,
"Not bad for a trial run. Now its time to get serious."
Tom Bratter Serves as Adjunct
Faculty
Tom Bratter, President of John Dewey Academy in Massachusetts, also
serves as adjunct faculty for the Union Institute, which offers non-residential
graduate degrees.
Dr. Timothy Faulk at Devereux
Publishes Book
Dr. Timothy Faulk, on the clinical staff at Devereux Glenholme School
in Conn. has published a book entitled "Dying to Live" which analyzes
problems facing young people today: suicide, drug and alcohol abuse,
peer pressure and declining moral values.
Marvelwood School Has 100 Students
Mark Johnson, Headmaster at Marvelwood School in Connecticut, has 100
students with 23 faculty working with underachiever students.
Emotional Caste System in USA?
A. Michael DeSisto in Massachusetts suggests the United States has an
emotional caste system where each individual's future depends on how
he/she feels about him or her self.
Glenholme School Reports on Their
Capacity
The Glenholme School (Deverux in Connecticut), reports a capacity of
115 and frequently there is a waiting list.
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