I am intrigued by the Milton Hershey School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've watched a few documentaries about it and go down a research rabbit hole every time. It's a fascinating place with some very happy and very sad stories.

In one documentary I watched, it showed that a lot of the boarding, especially with little kids, is as in homes that look and feel exactly like a regular family home. That wasn't quite what I had imagined and it made a lot more sense after I saw that.

OP, I hope you have read The NY Times series about Dasani, who is a girl who eventually ends up at the school. If you haven't, it's one of the most moving series I've ever read. I won't say more in case you haven't read it yet. Be sure to look up the 2021 update.

https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/index.html#/?chapt=1

Its ashame they couldn't put this family in supportive housing and help them more with the basics so all these kids could succeed. Sounds like mom was trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note different perpetrators:

https://www.abc27.com/hershey/former-milton-hershey-school-house-parent-accused-of-sexually-abusing-child/

https://www.victimscivilattorneys.com/news/milton-hershey-school-houseparent-charged-with-felony-sex-offenses/

Yes that never happens at the best schools.

Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges Choate Rosemary Hall, the elite Connecticut boarding school, said on Thursday that at least 12 former teachers had sexually molested — and, in at least one case, raped — students in a pattern of abuse dating to the 1960s.

The allegations in a report prepared by an investigator for the board of trustees include instances of “intimate kissing” and “intimate touching.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/nyregion/sexual-abuse-choate-connecticut-school.html