- Excel Academy (Conroe, Texas)
Excel Academy is a
coeducational boarding school inConroe, Texas . Since 2001 it has been operated by theAspen Education Group . [ [http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives/2000/2/visit01.html Schools & Program Visits - Feb, 2000 Issue #66: Excel Academy] , by Lon Woodbury, Woodbury Reports]The school, which enrolls adolescents with behavioral issues, provides a
college preparatory high school curriculum and treatment based on the 12-step philosophy. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, Excel limits new enrollment to students without a history of conduct disorders and whose history includes substance abuse as a primary issue.Excel Academy is accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . [ [http://www.sacscasi.org/schools/Proceedings_Accredited_SACS_CASI_TX.html SACS CASI Accredited Schools] m Southern Association of Colleges and Schools website (accessedFebruary 13 ,2008 )]Formerly Excel required some students to wear orange
jumpsuit s, but this practice was discontinued in the 2007-2008 school year. [http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/EXCELAcademyTexasPR_080206.shtml The New EXCEL Academy of Texas] , press release by Don Vardell, published in Woodbury Reports, Inc.,February 6 ,2008 ]In January 2008 a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy who had been [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moonlight#Verb moonlighting] at Excel Academy was fired by the county and
indicted on charges of official oppression and unlawful restraint after an incident in which he was alleged to have thrown a male student to the ground,handcuff ed him, and taken him to the county jail. At the jail, inmates reportedly undressed the boy and appliedVaseline to his back. [http://www.click2houston.com/news/15140011/detail.html Deputy Charged Over Alleged Discipline] , By Carl Willis, KPRC Local 2,January 25 2008 .References
A STAFF MEMBER WAS PRESENT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.
External links
* [http://www.excelacademy.com/ Excel Academy website]
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