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Élan School was a private, coeducational, controversial residential behavior modification program and therapeutic boarding school (beginning with 8th grade and extending beyond high school completion) in Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine. It was a full member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP). Elan was located on a campus〔 that was formerly a hunting lodge.〔(Elan Alum website ), accessed February 21, 2010〕 The school acquired some notoriety during the 1990s and early 2000s when former classmates of Michael Skakel, who had attended Élan in the 1970s, testified against him in his trial for an unsolved murder that had occurred about two years before he enrolled at Élan.〔(A Miscarriage of Justice: Reform-School Witnesses ), ''The Atlantic'', January/February 2003〕 The school was also the subject of persistent allegations of abuse in their behavioral modification program.〔(), ''The Huffington Post'', January 2009〕〔(), ''The New York Times'', June 2002〕 On March 23, 2011, Elan School announced it would be closing its doors on April 1, 2011.〔Meyer, Judith. (Elan School closing due to low numbers, negative Web campaign ), ''Sun Journal'', March 23, 2011. Retrieved on March 24, 2011.〕 == History == Élan School was founded in 1970 by psychiatrist Gerald Davidson and Joseph Ricci, who did not graduate from college. Ricci headed the school until his death in 2001, when his widow Sharon Terry took over.〔(History Elan School ), Elan School website, accessed February 15, 2011〕〔Warren St. John, (Skeletons in the Classroom ), ''New York Times'', June 2, 2002〕 Maine politician Bill Diamond served as its Director of Governmental Relations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator Bill Diamond )〕 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「Élan School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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