Location:

Terra Bella, California

Status:

Closed.

History:

2003: Bell Academy opened.

2003: State officials determined Bell Academy was operating as an unlicensed treatment facility and ordered its owners to obtain a license as required by state law.

2003: Program owners appealed the decision, claiming Bell was an ordinary boarding school.

2003: Bell Academy closed after a judge ruled in favor of the State.

Noteworthy:

While Bell Academy claimed publicly to have no affiliation with WWASPS, owners Dace Goulding and Jade Robinson were also running Casa by the Sea, a known WWASPS facility in Ensenada, Mexico.

A third owner, Karr Farnsworth, was operating Cross Creek Manor/Academy/Center, a known WWASPS facility in Utah.

Farnsworth is also the former President of WWASPS.