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The Thayer Learning Center or TLC was a military based, Christian boarding school boot camp for troubled teens in Kidder, Missouri from 2002 to 2009. The program enrolled over 100 students and costs run up to $4,000 a month. The program stated that it "...changes, reunites, and restores hope to families across the nation." There has been some controversy in past years.() The center is one of many facilities for troubled teens listed on the watch list on the International Survivors Action Committee (ISAC).(website ). For more information on the ISAC allegations, see the ISAC website here.(). The facility closed in September 2009.〔(Former Thayer Learning Center closes doors ), By Andrew Bottrell, MyCameronnews.com, September 3, 2009〕 In October 2009, it was announced that John and Willa Bundy, of St. George, Utah had sold the grounds to Lakota John (also of St. George) for the White Buffalo Academy, which is to focus on Native American education.〔()〕〔http://www.whitebuffaloacademy.com/〕 The campus was formerly Thayer College and a public school. Thayer College was founded in 1871 and closed in 1876. It reopened in 1877 as the Kidder Institute and operated under the auspices of the Congregational Church of Missouri. The building was used as a public school from 1934 to 1981. == Program information == The TLC offered a year-long program, and summer programs of four, eight, and twelve weeks in the summer for teenagers from the ages of thirteen to seventeen. A typical student, as described on (Thayer Learning Center's website ), is: *Acting defiant, disrespectful, and disobedient to authority figures at home and/or in school *Doing poorly, refusing to attend, or failing in school *Experimenting with drugs, alcohol, sex, and other risky behaviors *Having some minor legal troubles, shoplifting, taking the family car, etc. *Struggling with or showing signs of ADD/ADHD or ODD 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thayer Learning Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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