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Last edited by Jaidness; 12-13-2004 at 02:18 PM.
Crazy,but thats how it goes Millions of people,living as foes,maybe,it's not too late,to learn how to love and forget how to hate.~Ozzy~Crazy Train
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12-13-2004 02:09 PM
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Re: Freedom Village USA
Make a call to your state board of eduction. You need to find out what will happen if she continues on. This means that it is not sanctiond or recognized by your sbe. I would do some research on the teachers too if I were you!
(background checks, ask if they have them....degrees in teaching etc.) Many christian/cath. schools don't have strict rules on certification.
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Re: Freedom Village USA
This is what I was able to find (may or may not be what you already found):
http://www.freedomvillageusa.com/
http://www.skepticfiles.org/atheist/freevill.htm
http://www.rense.com/general20/unholy.htm (this one looks to be of the conspiracy theory type, but I'll let you read and make your own decisions 
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http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/held-ag...-mcpherson.htm (has a follow-up article to one of Jaidness's):
Buffalo lawyer Susan Gray, who last week filed the lawsuit on behalf of Patricia Brown, said she has talked with several former residents of the residential religious school who have said they were threatened and coerced by Brothers and staff members whenever they expressed a desire to leave Freedom Village and return to their homes.
Gray said children who leave the village also have trouble transferring school credits from the religious community's nonaccredited academic program and are often unable to fit back into society because they haven't been taught social and economic skills.
Last edited by ckerr4; 12-13-2004 at 06:15 PM.
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Re: Freedom Village USA
Originally Posted by
Jaidness
Most interesting from this last article:
"Freedom Village falls between the cracks of the education system, because they don't have to be licensed by the state," said Gray.
"Tom is almost 19 and he was there nearly four years, but he still needs nearly three years of classes to finish high school... .
Freedom Village was the subject of intense media criticism in the early 1980s, when Brothers was accused of siphoning funds for his personal use from the former Gates Community Chapel, which he and a group of followers founded in 1975.
Former members of the chapel congregation and others -- including graduates of Freedom Village -- have continued throughout the years to accuse Brothers of deceptive fund-raising activities and fraud in his business dealings.
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Re: Freedom Village USA
Thank you both, Ckerr4 and jaidness - both of you gave me stuff that I wasn't able to find on my own.
God loves everyone..including homosexuals.
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