Midwest Academy

Update: January 2016 FBI and other state and local agencies have raided the school due to serious allegations of sexual abuse. An employee was fired when she came forward with the information.
This property is owned by none other than Robert Lichfield. PARENTS if you don’t know who he is, research him. MANY programs still today, are ran in connection with his organization WWASP. La Verkin/​Toquerville, Utah is the hub of the organization, but there are connected schools all over the country.

This school traumatuzed me for life. I was forcibly taken from my home and held there against my will for 16 months and was treated like a criminal. It is filled with corrupt, unqualified, and disrespectful staff members, and lack of proper human needs. Students who fully complete the schools program are NOT guaranteed to succeed. Many go back to drugs, disrespecting parents and even sometimes death. Parents please, dont ruin your childs life by sending them here, they will end up resenting you and turning back to their old ways regardless. treat your child with respect and they will turn out okay, there are other programs in the country which can help your child. This one will almost never work. When i left midwest academy i had forgotten how to talk to people since they almost never let me speak. i had no idea how to make friends and lost my old ones because it had been so long since i was home. i became very depressed, and ended up going back to drugs to help my anxiety. it took me years to gain my socials skills back. All i have to say is, dont let this school’s recruiting staff fool you, it is a terrible school
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So i just saw some positive reviews for this academy and one of them is from a parent whose child is still in the program. One thing i failed to mention is that for the first 3 to 4 months things may seem okay, but there is almost always a relapse, i was the same way. The joy of being free can fuel good behavior for only so long. If your child is good while he/​she is enrolled in the school IT IS NOT A REPRESENTATION of how they will turn out when they get home. A student is ordered to be good or else their life there would become a living hell, its all out of FEAR. That is not how you raise a child. you dont incarcerate them until they kiss your feet. How you see your child at the academy isnt how they really are; It is someone who is scared for their freedom who will put on any act to get home because of how horribly the academy treats its students.