They can only go off-campus for community service. Academics included maybe four teachers, and we were all lumped together, it was a joke. The show they put on for our tour is NOTHING like the horrific life my daughter suffered there. Until I had a clean drug test show up, I was treated as if I was snorting pills. Im unsure if theyve changed their policy but on weekends, girls were only allowed to talk to their families for five minutes and they had to be monitored the entire time, so if you expect to be in touch with your daughter, think again. A girl kissed me during truth or dare and ten girls told on me, so I was not allowed to go home for Christmas. Meeting Amber may be the best answer to their questions, as she credits working at Greenbrier Academy as being a turning point in her own life direction. they will always believe they are in the wrong. ran the Village retreat at Greenbrier. Black youth early in adolescence are twice as likely to die by suicide compared to their white counterparts in the same age group . According to reports, a teacher at the program sexually abused a 16-year-old resident over the course of several months. Greenbrier claims to offer a therapeutic environment, yet drama occurs on almost a daily basis and its a pretty negative atmosphere to be in. I was put on meds I had never heard of. In the summer of 2012, I was depressed and angry, feuding with my parents, not sleeping, eating, or taking my meds. She did not lie or steal and she did not harm herself or anyone else. It is marketed as a Therapeutic Boarding School for teenage girls (14-18) who struggle with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, drug abuse, adoption issues, ADHD/ADD, ODD, etc.