Pillars of Hope
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Pillars of Hope is a "specialty" boarding school
in Costa Rica
, located on the former site of the Academy at Dundee Ranch
that was shut down by the Costa Rican government in 2003.Mark Johnson, Academy's grip lingers as son, family transform, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, November 8, 2004. Archived September 29, 2007.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, located on the former site of the Academy at Dundee Ranch
Academy at Dundee Ranch
Academy at Dundee Ranch was a behavior modification facility for United States teenagers, located on La Ceiba Cascajal, west of Orotina, province of Alajuela, Costa Rica...
that was shut down by the Costa Rican government in 2003.Mark Johnson, Academy's grip lingers as son, family transform, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, November 8, 2004. Archived September 29, 2007.