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Do you have any testimony from Carlbrook school?

Carlbrook in Virginia closed down in 2015. The so-called school used the same methods as the CEDU chain of boarding schools which closed in

Carlbrook is now closed. However a student is still missing. Did someone end him? His family is waiting for answers.

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Carlbrook School testimony

Carlbrook in Virginia closed down in 2015. The so-called school used the same methods as the CEDU chain of boarding schools which closed in 2005 due to a number of lawsuits filed against them. While some of the workshops had different names, is was clear that they were very inspired by CEDU which got their material from a religious community called Synanon, which was closed down by the FBI for illegal acts.

I’m a graduate of a new school called Carlbrook. Based on your wonderful documentary, it is extremely clear that Carlbrook is a *slightly* watered down version of CEDU. Besides the terms used to describe them, the activities sound very similar. They have omitted a few. The program is shorter than yours – students are there anywhere from 14 to 24 months. If a student does not cooperate, their graduation date will be pushed back and they have to serve more time.

One way that Carlbrook has intensified the program is with the “full times.” We call this suspension at our school. The setup seems the same – sitting in a desk staring straight ahead from 7:45am to 9:45pm. Sometimes kids went to school but often times they were in OSS (out of school suspension). The difference is with the amount of time someone might be serving one of these punishments. I have heard of students being in the suspension room for up to 6 months in a row. Another thing that has developed since I left the school is that nearly every student will serve time in suspension as a therapeutic exercise. You don’t have to break a rule to be put in this room and from what I hear, there is no way around it.

I need to do some more research – but I am sure that there are some staff members who worked at your school that are currently working at mine. Tim Brace is an example. He’s the headmaster of Carlbrook.

Anyway – we have read a lot about your school and have used your blogs/documentary as support. It’s amazing to me that so many people could be speaking out against these programs yet they are still in business!