Pillars of Hope
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Pillars of Hope (called Pilares de Esperanza in some advertisements) is a boarding school that opened in 2004. It is in rural Costa Rica about an hour and a half drive from San Jose.
The main target group for Pillars of Hope is young adults age 18 and over, including enrollees from other WWASPS programs who would turn 18 before they graduate. As an alternative to an "Exit Plan" parents and staff can pressure the enrollee to apply for a stay at this facility [1].
Although they still have have a very strict conduct code for the persons enrolled in the facility they no longer use punishment like observation placement, where the detainees were forced to sit on their knees with their hands behind their backs for hours[2]. Instead the persons staying at the facility can be expelled [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Seven Days I Will Never Forget (Taylor Kirkpatrick)
- ^ Mark Johnson, Academy's grip lingers as son, family transform Paragraph "Postscript", JS Online
- ^ Academic Honesty, section "Honor Code Committee Involvement", facility homepage
Coordinates: 9°54′21″N 84°37′15″W / 9.90583°N 84.62083°W
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