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Spikes in violent outbursts and calls to local law enforcement between December and the first two weeks of January amount to statistical outliers, and are not indicative of any new behavioral trends.
That’s what a team of Adriel School administrators and advisors including President and CEO Todd Hanes asserted Monday in a regular meeting of the West Liberty Village Council in hopes of easing concerns about the number of calls for service to the facility.
“We agree that what happened in December was bad for the community, and we’re sorry for the disruptions caused,” Mr. Hanes told council.
The Adriel president/CEO described for council a situation through December in which the juvenile facility felt compelled to accept a handful of “emergency placement” youths that administrators did not have the opportunity to properly screen or interview.
An influx of particularly troubled youths, coupled with the successful departure of several youths who advanced out of the program left a void filled by violent outbursts and unrest among the incoming juvenile offenders housed at the facility, Mr. Hanes said.
“Sometimes kids aren’t ready for our environment and our teaching model and do require a more restrictive environment,” the Adriel CEO said. “And in those cases we have begun filing disruption notices with their home county and will refer kids back.”
Read complete story in Tuesday’s Examiner.
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