It is marketed as a therapeutic school and is in the public mostly known to have schooled Nancy Spungen, who died while she was in relationship with musician Sid Vicious. Her murder has not been solved.
In 2007 3 students aged between 11 and 17 stole a car so they could drive home and visit their families from they have been cut off for long.
In 2011 a female employee was fired for second-degree sexual assault on a 16 year old student.
It does not sound like a fun place to be as a teenager
Sources:
- Factsheet about the school (Fornits Wiki)
- TEDDY-BEAR GANG OF LI’L ‘CAR CROOKS’ (New York Post)
- Boarding School Employee Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student (Hartford Courant)
