Academy at Swift River

Academy at Swift River
Address
151 South St Cummington , Hampshire , Massachusetts 01026 United States
Information
Established	1997
Founder	Tim Brace
Closed	2013
Headmaster	Brett Carey, followed by Rudy Bentz[1]
Age range	14 to 18
Enrollment	65
Tuition	$5000 (2005)[2]
Academy at Swift River in 2016

The Academy at Swift River, also known as ASR, was a coeducational therapeutic boarding school for teenagers, located in Plainfield and Cummington, Massachusetts. Established in 1997 and closed in 2013, it was a part of the Aspen Education Group, which in turn is owned by Bain Capital's CRC health group.

The school's student population was described as "bright but underachieving kids" with a variety of behavioral problems. The majority of students use prescribed psychiatric medications. ASR was in session year-round and offered a college preparatory curriculum for high school grades 9 to 12.^[3] Total enrollment was about 55 students.^[4]

The school was the focus of the 2005 book What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out by journalist David Marcus.^{[citation needed]}

History

In July 2013, Aspen Education Group announced that it would close the school later that summer.^[5]

Staff

The original headmaster of the Academy at Swift River was Brett Carey who transferred there from Mount Bachelor Academy.^{[citation needed]} Afterwards, Rudy Bentz was headmaster of Academy at Swift River,^[3] he had formerly worked at CEDU high school in running springs,^[6]

References

Further reading

• David L. Marcus (2005), What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-618-14545-4

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