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'They tried everything ... to break me': Boarding school students describe harsh treatment
Frankie Clock, a 26-year-old from Mesa, remembers when the founder of Spring Ridge Academy, a boarding school for troubled teenage girls that operated in Yavapai County, instructed her to dance in front of her peers. “I was told to strip down to my leotard and tights, ‘slow down’ and get ‘seductive,’” Clock recalled the school’s founder, Jean Courtney, telling her in 2015. ...
Yavapai College SBDC’s Marie Platowski-Beals Honored as Arizona State Star
The Yavapai College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) proudly announces that Marie Platowski-Beals, Certified Business Analyst, has been named this year’s Arizona State Star by the SBDC Network. This prestigious State Star Award is bestowed annually to one individual from each state. Selected by a formal committee comprised of...
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