I attended Oliverian in the 2017/2018 school year. The last time I wrote a review, the staff contacted me numerous times to delete it. It appears that they don't care to have honest reviews. Please do not send your child here. This is not a safe place. It is part of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) (please do some research into this). The school calls it self "alternative" and not therapeutic to try to stray away from looking like a classic TTI place. Many staff there have worked at other TTI programs and the school itself has ties to other TTI programs. For example, Will Laughlin, the head and CEO of Oliverian was the executive director at Auldern Academy, Siler City, NC (it has since been shut down) and the executive director of education at CEDU Schools, Idaho and California. If you do not want to believe survivors based off of their testimonials, some red flags about Oliverian to note are as follows: lack of appropriate biographical information/vague biographical information on key staff members (where are the names of all staff members' significant previous employers?), no credentialed special education teachers, and connections to other questionable programs/facilities. To the staff members working there that actually have a desire to help children: working at an institution such as Oliverian or any other TTI is not the right way to do it. To the parents who have children at Oliverian, please believe your child. The staff lied to my parents numerous times when I tried to tell them what was happening there when I attended (i.e., instances of sexual assault, rampant drug use, faking of drug tests, lack of quality education, lack of physical safety, lack of quality counselors). To the parents who don't know what to do with their "troubled teen", there are many resources to help your child that are backed by research (and don't cost tens of thousands of dollars), rather than sending them to incompetent TTI programs. read more
