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River View Christian Academy | |
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Lexington , Lee County , Texas | |
Coordinates | 30°25′3.63″N 97°10′35″W / 30.4176750°N 97.17639°W |
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Former name | Julian Youth Academy |
Founder | Phil Ludwig |
Website |
riverviewchristianacademy |
The River View Christian Academy (RCVA), formerly known as Julian Youth Academy, is a fully accredited, private Christian boarding school in Lee County, Texas. [1] RCVA is a program of Teen Rescue, Inc. RCVA helped[ clarification needed] teen girls in need of regular supervision. RCVA provided an individualized education program, coaching, intervention, parent-training support groups, a high staff-to-student ratio, and aftercare support.[ citation needed]
The campus burned in 2003. [2] The owners tried to rebuild, but faced legal battles with San Diego County. [3]
The school was mentioned in an October 2007 hearing conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office. [4] [5]
In 2009, they leased the old cascade school campus in Shasta County. [6]
In 2011 a mummified baby was found on the campus in Shasta County. It belonged to a staff member, who told the police that she had not fed the baby when it was born. [7] [8]
Julian Youth Academy now operates as River View Christian Academy. [9]
In 2016, California introduced the Community Care Facilities Act of 2016 requiring that the school would need to acquire a Community Care License from the state. They had previously been exempt until this new legislation and the owner, Phil Ludwig, refused to pay the daily $200 fine resulting in a warrant being issued on January 8, 2019. [10]
The facility has been said to provide conversion therapy to children who are gay, lesbian or bisexual. [11] It has been alleged that the facility has punished these children. [10] Californian authorities were investigating the school for these reasons in 2019, and considering closing it. [12] [13]
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The Department of Social Services has determined that because the staff controlled every aspect of the children's lives on campus, it needs to have a community care license.