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...knows where things are headed. "I don't think this is going to have a very happy ending," says one UAW official, who asked not to be identified. But he noted it was inevitable the union will have to accept additional cuts. One of the union's fears, though, is that the negotiations turn into a sort of arbitrage that sets active Chrysler workers against retirees - a split the UAW has always sought to avoid. "People are angry. Where do you draw the line and say to hell with it and just let them go into bankruptcy?" says one disgruntled...
...possible licensing violations. But according to 10 students, two separate parents and a part-time employee interviewed by TIME - some of whom are involved in the inquiry - Mount Bachelor Academy regularly uses intensely humiliating tactics as treatment. For instance, in required seminars that the school calls Lifesteps, students say staff members of the residential program have instructed girls, some of whom say they have been victims of rape or sexual abuse, to dress in provocative clothing - fishnet stockings, high heels and miniskirts - and perform lap dances for male students as therapy...
...Forest Grove are being watched with intense concern by school administrators and the teachers union as well as children's advocates. Most advocates argue that families should have access to private schools when public schools cannot provide free and appropriate public education for a disabled child, but most also say that public funds should not be used to pay for residential schools like Mount Bachelor. Such programs, they say, are overly restrictive and unproven, and virtually all their students - who typically have depression, substance use, behavioral problems or ADHD - can be safely treated within the community...
...originally agreed with Forest Grove's assessment that her son did not have the type of learning disability, such as autism or mental retardation, that typically qualifies a student for special education. Notes taken by the school district in a January 2001 meeting about TA include a comment that says "maybe ADD [attention-deficit disorder]/ADHD [attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder]?," but TA's parents say they were not informed that a diagnosis of ADHD could have qualified him for special education if the condition affected his academic performance. The school did not further evaluate him for attention disorders. (See pictures...
There are plenty of parents, including TA's, who say they are happy with the services provided to their children. Former students have also praised the school for turning their lives around, in comments on Internet message boards and in letters to regulators...