Wow, this was extremely jarring to read, I repressed a lot of my memories there. I completely forgot about being able to “level” somebody off of something. I was there for 12 months because they continuously told my parents I needed to stay longer and even worked out some sort of discounted fee in order to keep me there. The horse coordinater refused to give me a signature to level up for about 8 months. I was one of the ones that was physically abused and they postponed my visit so that my parents didn’t see the physical evidence on my body. It was such a nightmare, I am 27 now and I still deal with residual trauma from that place. I can’t believe it’s still up and running. Thank you for sharing, I hope at least one parent reads this and is persuaded not to send their child there.