Spring Ridge Academy
Coordinates: 34°20′45″N 112°10′06″W / 34.345825°N 112.168385°W Spring Ridge Academy is a juvenile boarding school for teenaged girls licensed as a behavioral health care provider by the State of Arizona. The Academy, founded in 1996 by Jeannie Courtney, is located in Spring Valley, Arizona, US.
Spring Ridge Academy's program addresses four areas: emotional, physical, academic, and community. According to the program's marketing information, Spring Ridge works closely with the student's family. Parents are allowed to participate in family therapy with their daughter, are required to attend occasional workshops, have monthly visits (after an initial period of restricted access), and have communication through letters and phone calls. However, some parents have reported restricted communication with their child.
The campus was originally a house with an attached barn. At first experimental, and only starting with one student, Courtney is now able to house a population of 72 girls ages 13–17. Students are housed four to a room in a modern facility with living, catering and medical areas, teaching rooms and laboratories, and sports fields and courts.[1]
Parents or guardians who have their child admitted to Spring Ridge pay tuition and fees in excess of $6,000 a month. Medical insurance covers no part of the costs. The average stay is 15 to 18 months, and in order to graduate from SRA's program, students must complete a four level system that gradually permits certain privileges over time. Upon graduation from the SRA program, parents are advised to continue their child's education in another structured setting, usually another boarding school, private school, or college, depending on the child's education level at that time.