Will the state legislature act? Yeah, probably to find a way to punish those kids.
I was sent to a military academy as a teen because I was getting into a lot of trouble. The “troubled teen” industry is exactly as bad as reporting over the last handful of years suggests. Violence was common. I don’t know of sexual abuse, but it wouldn’t surprise me. I wish I’d sued the school once I turned 18 before the statute of limitations expired. Not for money but to shut it down so other kids wouldn’t suffer.
The best part is how my mother always said I had to be exaggerating because I wanted to get out. It couldn’t possibly be that bad, she’d say.
I had some marital conflict with my wife because she wanted to send a kid of ours to one of those hellholes. Two years later, the kid was fine, though still infrequently unruly. Six years later, he’s top of his class in college and doing great. Those businesses trade on parental despair and are run by religious fanatics and sociopaths (though I repeat myself). I’m glad you didn’t suffer even more harm.
Good on you for protecting your kid.
The writers of the report will probably, absolutely coincidentally of course, be found to have violated some law which requires their punishment to the fullest extent of the law.
Oh yeah, Texas gives a rat’s ass about kids.
