Facility profile Tennessee

Freedom Mountain Academy

Closed Mountain City, Tennessee

Freedom Mountain Academy was a specialty boarding school in Mountain City, Tennessee. It closed in 2017.

About Freedom Mountain Academy

It closed in 2017.source Owners previously ran Academy of the Rockies, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, sold to CEDU.source

It was a nine month program; almost all students attend for just one year.source It was described as a highly structured but nurturing alternative school, not a therapeutic program.source

Licensing: not a registered or licensed private school in Tennessee.source

Survivor testimony

What people who lived or worked here say happened. Survivors' own words are published with their permission; forum accounts are what was posted publicly and are reported as claims, not findings.

Reported on survivor forums

Incidents on record

  1. November 2015 Runaway

    On November 11, 2015 a 16-year-old student became separated from a hiking group and was missing for about six days before being found on November 17.source

Staff

Administration

  • Kevin Cullinane

    Former Owner/Founder (2000-2019)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

    • Academy of the Rockies Founder, Owner, 1972-2019

  • Patricia Cullinane

    Former Owner/Founder (2000-2019)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

    • Academy of the Rockies Owner, 2019

Notable staff

  • Margaret Besneatte

    Former Academic Directorsource

    Elsewhere in the industry

    • Carden Academy Staff

  • Mike Besneatte

    Former Outdoor Directorsource

Documents

Documents on file (16)
Woodbury Reports Mentions (2)

From the Unsilenced archive

1 document about Freedom Mountain Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Freedom Mountain Academy.

Materials and links

Reference and research

From SCIAD NET.

Archived pages

From SCIAD NET.

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