Spring Creek Lodge Academy

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$100 Million Lawsuit Filed Against WWASPS & Teen Help

Spring Creek Lodge: Leaving WWASPS’ nest?

Child Beaten at Spring Creek Lodge Academy

Spring Creek Lodge Academy Student, Mother Found Dead

Contraband Communications & Spring Creek Lodge Academy

Court Document: Much-Anticipated Lawsuit Filed Against Robert Lichfield, WWASPS, and Most of the Programs

Child Escapes from Spring Creek Lodge Academy and Falls Down a Cliff

Montana Pretends to Regulate Teen Programs

Who's Watching Spring Creek Lodge Academy?

Photo: The Hobbit - Now Called "Intervention" or "Time Out"

Questions Raised about Northwest Assoc. of Accredited Schools

New Bill Would Regulate Teen Facilities in the US and Abroad

Spring Creek Lodge Staff Member Shoots Man, Kills Himself

New Attorney General May Consider Regulations for Private Teen Facilities

Child Commits Suicide at Spring Creek Lodge Academy

Congressman Makes Another Request for Investigation into WWASPS

Family Behind Schools with Checkered Record Calls in Political Favors

Court Document: Transcript of WWASPS v. Pure

Spring Creek Staff Member Pleads Guilty to Child Endangerment

Trouble at Spring Creek Lodge

Teen Escort Used by WWASPS has History of Domestic Violence and Child Molestation

WWASPS Seminars: See Dick and Jane Weep

WWASPS Seminars: Warm Embrace or Psycho Cry Fest?

Kendall Bean Describes Discovery Seminars

Karen Lile Describes Discovery Seminars

Testimony from Dr. Marcel Chappuis Disallowed
at Trial (see page 5 of file)

Location:

Thompson Falls, Montana

Current Status:

Open.

Unlicensed.

Not recognized by the Department of Education.

Presently houses approximately 500 children.

Also houses legal adults at an extension of the program called Camas Ranch.

History:

1996: Spring Creek Lodge Academy Opened.

2002 August: A staff member was assaulted by a student who wanted to leave.

2002 September: A child who wanted to leave the facility hit a staff member with a vacuum-cleaner attachment.

2003 March: A staff member was charged with sexually assaulting 2 boys in "the hobbit."

2003 June: A child was beaten by other students with a shower-curtain rod.

2004: The staff member charged with sexually assaulting 2 boys pleaded guilty to criminal child endangerment.

2004 October: 16 year-old Karlye Newman committed suicide at Spring Creek Lodge Academy.

2005 February: Keith Wood, a staff member at the facility, shot a man 7 times before killing himself.

2005: Principal Mickey Manning landed a spot on the Montana committee that will oversee Spring Creek Lodge Academy.

2005 September: A child escaped from the facility and fell down a cliff. After being released from the hospital, the child was transferred to Tranquility Bay.

Noteworthy:

WWASPS founder Robert Lichfield is building a house behind Spring Creek Lodge Academy.

Lichfield's brother-in-law Dan Peart is a Vice President of Spring Creek Lodge Academy.

Peart also owns Majestic Ranch Academy.