Eagle Academy (Belle Glade)

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Eagle Academy is a behavior modification facility. The facility is located on 33800 State Road 80, Belle Glade, Florida. The academy featured in the show High School Boot Camp .

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The target group is "at-risk" girls and boys between 13 and 16 years of age. They have to be resident in Palm Beach County. They also need to have no felonies on their police record. [1]

Discipline

Eagle Academy strictly enforces discipline: a button not done up, a word out of place or any non conformity could result in 10 push-ups or 20 jumping jacks or more, depending on the infraction. [2]

The program claims to have helped about 80 percent of the detainees to lead a productive life. [3]

According to the new budget of 2013, The Eagle Academy was closed, saving $4.5M a year. [4]

In the news

One of the drill instructors was arrested on the charge of 'battery touch or strike' and 'fraud, false statement.' [5] Another staff member was arrested and charged of trying to cover up the incident. [6]

In February 2008, another staff member was charged with abuse. [7]

August 2008 a January 2008 graduate was shot suspected of stealing a car [8]

January 2010-June 2010 Recruits DeLaney, Gousse and Dew were the first to ever perform music that was written at the Academy, DeLaney being the first to ever have a guitar there.

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References

  1. ↑ "The secret to Eagle Academy's success? 'We're not a boot camp' (Sun-Sentinel.com)".[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "BBC News - Americas - American tearaways volunteer for discipline". news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ PBSO. "404 Not Found".{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ↑ PBSO. "Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office - PBSO". Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
  5. ↑ PBSO Eagle Academy Deputy Arrested [ permanent dead link ], Newschannel 5, October 25 - 2007
  6. ↑ Video refutes deputies' reports on use of force on academy teen, By Kathleen Chapman, palmbeachpost.com, October 31, 2007
  7. ↑ Palm Beach County youth camp deputy faces trial on abuse charges Archived 2008-02-04 at the Wayback Machine - Investigators say deputy slammed boy to ground after the teenager got sick, By Rachel Hatzipanagos, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 2, 2008
  8. ↑ Deputy fatally shoots teen he said tried to run him over in stolen car Archived 2008-08-09 at the Wayback Machine , By Jerome Burdi, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, August 3, 2008

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