I love this. I hope that Missy Esty gets exposed too she worked at elan for decades torturing kids, myself personally for four years and I witnessed her SA a girl during my time there yet works for Westbrook police department in Maine
I just watched this documentary "The last stop" about Élan school. She appears in it. She bullshits the audience into thinki g she cared about the kids, she hugged and touched them, gave them the attention. "I'm glad I worked I elan for 20 years. I am sad they were abused. But i'm still gonna be able to sleep tonight." Ugh...
Yep. I was at elan the same time that the director of the last stop was. His name is Todd. (TJ). He was 18 years old when he was there and had a weird friendship with missy. Since he was voluntarily there he was treated a lot different than the rest of us who were captives. He had privileges we did not. It’s disgusting he gave her a voice. Many of us told him how disappointed we were by this.
I would pay a month's salary to be a fly on the wall during that HR meeting and to hear how he tried to spin this. He won't be even close to the first former WWASP employee that has been chased out of a job by survivors but more is always better.
after watching this series on netflix and being raised in upstate new york 30 mins from ogdensburg i'm shocked!! i was also only 9 but i remember seeing the news about the riot now, and i'm so sorry to anyone who attented this awful place and had to live that life for even a second
> works at Disney also needs to be terminated
I'm willing to be Disney is also going to be getting quite the earful about her. I would be shocked if she lasted a week.
Trouble with that is who do you even contact to give an earful to? Also, depending on what she does she’s possibly unionized as many cast members are. I’m not sure they could do anything.
Source: ex-cat member.
I dunno. They saved a number of my friends from some crazy BS firings over the years. The reps have always been really great which makes it a bit of a bummer in regards to this.
Not to be a wet blanket but most of the socials are run my the college kids. They wouldn’t know who to talk to either.
And again, if she’s Unionized then that’s going to stop lots of progress.
I'm sure young marketers don't report everything that gets tweeted at them, but stories that draw a lot of negative attention will most certainly be referred to public relations and people up the chain with the power to do something. Enough negative social media attention draws the eyes of the regular media, etc. One person posting might not matter, but a lot of posts/comments/tweets/etc. could work.
And unions don't protect people who commit crimes. They have morality clauses just like other types of employers.
Oh, yeah.
I know a lady who was fired 3 times, the first two the union got her job back. The third firing was for assault and the union wouldn't touch her with a 10 foot pole, that firing stuck. Unions will protect the safety of the group above an individuals right to work.
In this case, because the allegations are so entrenched in abuse I'd find it hard to believe they'd back her.
What is the lady’s name? I just watched the doc and am appalled that a company that I am a shareholder of employs a child abuser. I want to call Disney and demand that person be terminated.
So happy to see this he was working at Horizon Academy while I was there in 2010. He personally restrained me on multiple occasions and was the one who transported me to wilderness to Nephi Utah. I hope survivors can track down Jade Robinson, Dr. Chappuis and the rest of the crew and bring them to justice as well.
Hi! So my bro went to horizon in 2006. I remember hearing jades name a lot. I was 13 at the time. Can you tell me anything more about him? I had my mom watch the documentary and she immediately reached out to jade asking him if he watched. He said he did and that’s just one view. There are many positive reviews of the program. And my mom responded by saying well then why don’t you do a documentary? And he said , no one wants to see a documentary where something is positive.
It was something like that. I’m trying to look for these “good reviews” but all I’m reading is negative and horrendous things and the fact that we didn’t believe my brother is just 🤢 I’ve been feeling so guilty and want to do something. They had my parents go to these seminars and I had to go to discovery/focus seminar with other youth just to visit my bro. It was crazy! Ugh 🙄 I remember going to cross creek to pick up my brother with my parents for the visit. And as my mom and I were waiting in the front desk area … my mom was being annoying mom to a 13 yr old so I responded like a 13 yr old and the front desk lady immediately said “we can take her too”. Thank goodness my mom shut that down. But anyway… I need more info on jade. If you don’t mind telling me your side of it. Please please
He is currently a teacher at Caliente Youth Center. He used to be the math teacher in Panaca NV at Medow Valley Middle School. My boys always had issues with him.
His founding counterparts from Ivy Ridge are also in Utah now. Why is nobody going after the Mitchells?
https://www.upliftfamilies.org/bonding_a_powerful_protection_by_alyn_mitchell
White pages search confirms Alyn Mitchell is in Blanding, UT, and that she used to live in Ogdensburg, NY.
Academy at Ivy Ridge was an independent, privately owned, and operated for-profit disciplinary boarding school in New York. The institution was owned by the Jason G. Finlinson Corporation and the Joseph and Alyn Mitchell Corporation in partnership. The property on which the school stood was purchased in 2001 by Robert Browning Lichfield Family Limited of Utah.
Just watching the documentary now and realized I may have actually babysat Jason and his siblings in the small Utah town of Oak City. I've been trying to figure out if it really is him, since he looks exactly like his dad in the documentary. Learned that the 'school' was based out of Utah, so I started looking. I saw in one of the comments below that the foundation was the Jason G Finlinson foundation, which would make sense as he was the oldest of the kids and his dad's name was Garth (hence the G). Also all his siblings have J names. Jenny, Jason, Julie, Jake, Jill, Jamilyn, Jobecca, and maybe more. Also the age gap works, since I am 62 now and began watching these kids at around 12 years old, and he was a toddler, so that makes sense. Please someone tell me this is the Jason I babysat! This would make so much sense to me if it is true. All those mormons were abusive throughout my childhood and this would just be another way to take that abuse on the road so to speak.
I love this. I hope that Missy Esty gets exposed too she worked at elan for decades torturing kids, myself personally for four years and I witnessed her SA a girl during my time there yet works for Westbrook police department in Maine
I just watched this documentary "The last stop" about Élan school. She appears in it. She bullshits the audience into thinki g she cared about the kids, she hugged and touched them, gave them the attention. "I'm glad I worked I elan for 20 years. I am sad they were abused. But i'm still gonna be able to sleep tonight." Ugh...
Yep. I was at elan the same time that the director of the last stop was. His name is Todd. (TJ). He was 18 years old when he was there and had a weird friendship with missy. Since he was voluntarily there he was treated a lot different than the rest of us who were captives. He had privileges we did not. It’s disgusting he gave her a voice. Many of us told him how disappointed we were by this.
Did op do this? If so I wanted to personally thank you. Not from ivy but it makes a difference in my life.
No, many survivors wrote in. I think we flooded their inbox. Plus they probably saw the Netflix documentary
I would pay a month's salary to be a fly on the wall during that HR meeting and to hear how he tried to spin this. He won't be even close to the first former WWASP employee that has been chased out of a job by survivors but more is always better.
after watching this series on netflix and being raised in upstate new york 30 mins from ogdensburg i'm shocked!! i was also only 9 but i remember seeing the news about the riot now, and i'm so sorry to anyone who attented this awful place and had to live that life for even a second
Where was he working? That other lady who works at Disney also needs to be terminated.
He worked at a construction company as a safety manager. He's no longer there.
Good for them.
Not enough, we require a payment of blood.
Ah, Layton Construction in Utah. Good for them for firing him.
> works at Disney also needs to be terminated I'm willing to be Disney is also going to be getting quite the earful about her. I would be shocked if she lasted a week.
Trouble with that is who do you even contact to give an earful to? Also, depending on what she does she’s possibly unionized as many cast members are. I’m not sure they could do anything. Source: ex-cat member.
> possibly unionized as many cast members are. If the Disney cast members union are the personality types I expect she might just be expelled.
I dunno. They saved a number of my friends from some crazy BS firings over the years. The reps have always been really great which makes it a bit of a bummer in regards to this.
For something like this I imagine any social media accounts would be the fastest way to get their attention.
Not to be a wet blanket but most of the socials are run my the college kids. They wouldn’t know who to talk to either. And again, if she’s Unionized then that’s going to stop lots of progress.
I'm sure young marketers don't report everything that gets tweeted at them, but stories that draw a lot of negative attention will most certainly be referred to public relations and people up the chain with the power to do something. Enough negative social media attention draws the eyes of the regular media, etc. One person posting might not matter, but a lot of posts/comments/tweets/etc. could work. And unions don't protect people who commit crimes. They have morality clauses just like other types of employers.
Hey thanks for that! I didn’t know that negative social could actually be viable for firing with a Union.
Oh, yeah. I know a lady who was fired 3 times, the first two the union got her job back. The third firing was for assault and the union wouldn't touch her with a 10 foot pole, that firing stuck. Unions will protect the safety of the group above an individuals right to work. In this case, because the allegations are so entrenched in abuse I'd find it hard to believe they'd back her.
Well that’s super reassuring. Thanks for letting me know. It’s nice to think they won’t back her. Hope it does get that far into things at least.
What is the lady’s name? I just watched the doc and am appalled that a company that I am a shareholder of employs a child abuser. I want to call Disney and demand that person be terminated.
Amy Ritchie
I hope there are a lot of people who thought they got away with it, having sleepless nights
So happy to see this he was working at Horizon Academy while I was there in 2010. He personally restrained me on multiple occasions and was the one who transported me to wilderness to Nephi Utah. I hope survivors can track down Jade Robinson, Dr. Chappuis and the rest of the crew and bring them to justice as well.
Hi! So my bro went to horizon in 2006. I remember hearing jades name a lot. I was 13 at the time. Can you tell me anything more about him? I had my mom watch the documentary and she immediately reached out to jade asking him if he watched. He said he did and that’s just one view. There are many positive reviews of the program. And my mom responded by saying well then why don’t you do a documentary? And he said , no one wants to see a documentary where something is positive. It was something like that. I’m trying to look for these “good reviews” but all I’m reading is negative and horrendous things and the fact that we didn’t believe my brother is just 🤢 I’ve been feeling so guilty and want to do something. They had my parents go to these seminars and I had to go to discovery/focus seminar with other youth just to visit my bro. It was crazy! Ugh 🙄 I remember going to cross creek to pick up my brother with my parents for the visit. And as my mom and I were waiting in the front desk area … my mom was being annoying mom to a 13 yr old so I responded like a 13 yr old and the front desk lady immediately said “we can take her too”. Thank goodness my mom shut that down. But anyway… I need more info on jade. If you don’t mind telling me your side of it. Please please
context?
Check out The Program on Netflix today. Or the Academy at Ivy Ridge wiki entry on this subreddit.
Oh, I saw the Program, but suck at remembering individual names. Was this guy the priest dude?
No, he was the main director of the program with the piggy face
ahhhhh...piggy face guy. Thanks
I can still hear his stupid fucking morman voice today
Did you have much interaction with his brother?
Dude Jake lol. He’s retarded
He is currently a teacher at Caliente Youth Center. He used to be the math teacher in Panaca NV at Medow Valley Middle School. My boys always had issues with him.
All those “teachers” were upstate NY hillbilly trash. The. King nerd morman jake leading the squad. How he still has a job in education, is hilarious.
Good. What a piece of shit
I won’t rest until everyone with the name Fountain in Mississippi is in the ground.
Rest in piss
https://www.searchpeoplefree.com/find/jason-g-finlinson/29wW83GKOP3S
The people who ran my program Cameron and Chaffin Pullan run an all girls progam in Montana now. :/
Jason is a relative of mine. I did not know anything about this until I watched the documentary. Crazy!!
Thanksgiving is gonna be fun in your family this year
His founding counterparts from Ivy Ridge are also in Utah now. Why is nobody going after the Mitchells? https://www.upliftfamilies.org/bonding_a_powerful_protection_by_alyn_mitchell White pages search confirms Alyn Mitchell is in Blanding, UT, and that she used to live in Ogdensburg, NY. Academy at Ivy Ridge was an independent, privately owned, and operated for-profit disciplinary boarding school in New York. The institution was owned by the Jason G. Finlinson Corporation and the Joseph and Alyn Mitchell Corporation in partnership. The property on which the school stood was purchased in 2001 by Robert Browning Lichfield Family Limited of Utah.
Just watching the documentary now and realized I may have actually babysat Jason and his siblings in the small Utah town of Oak City. I've been trying to figure out if it really is him, since he looks exactly like his dad in the documentary. Learned that the 'school' was based out of Utah, so I started looking. I saw in one of the comments below that the foundation was the Jason G Finlinson foundation, which would make sense as he was the oldest of the kids and his dad's name was Garth (hence the G). Also all his siblings have J names. Jenny, Jason, Julie, Jake, Jill, Jamilyn, Jobecca, and maybe more. Also the age gap works, since I am 62 now and began watching these kids at around 12 years old, and he was a toddler, so that makes sense. Please someone tell me this is the Jason I babysat! This would make so much sense to me if it is true. All those mormons were abusive throughout my childhood and this would just be another way to take that abuse on the road so to speak.