Facility profile South Carolina
Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School
Formerly Seneca Ranchsource
Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School was a therapeutic boarding school in Donalds, South Carolina. It operated from 2016 to 2019.
About Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School
It closed in 2019.source It closed in 2020.source It moved into the former Carolina Springs Academy property.source Palmetto Therapeutic Boarding School and Wake Up Call for Teens opened at the Seneca Ranch site after it closed.source
It believed reincarnation of Seneca Ranch, itself a reincarnation of Carolina Springs Academy.source It opened at former site of Carolina Springs Academy, Magnolia Christian School, Seneca Ranch, Wake Up Call for Teens.source Ownership unknown; website domain owner is Narvin Lichfield.source
It cost $3,995 per month.source
Timeline
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2016
Opened in Donalds, South Carolina
2019
Closed
2020
Abuse
A February 2020 survivor review alleges underfeeding, choking students for noncompliance, burning a student's mole off with a soldering iron, and emotional...
Abuse February 12, 2020
A February 2020 survivor review alleges underfeeding, choking students for noncompliance, burning a student's mole off with a soldering iron, and emotional abuse by the couple running the program.
Incidents on record
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February 12, 2020 Abuse
A February 2020 survivor review alleges underfeeding, choking students for noncompliance, burning a student's mole off with a soldering iron, and emotional abuse by the couple running the program.source
Staff
Notable staff
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Narvin Lichfield
Elsewhere in the industry
- Teen Help Managing Director, 1997
- Adolescent Services International CEO, Registered agent, 1997-2025
- Carolina Springs Academy Owner and Administrator, Director, Founder, Owner, Admissions Director, 1998-2026
- Academy at Dundee Ranch Owner, 2001-2026
- Pillars of Hope Supervisor and campus lessor, Owner, 2004-2026
- Wake Up Call for Teens Operator, 2025-2026
- Southern Oaks Center Staff, 2025
- Palmetto Admissions Director, 2026
- Eagle Point Christian Academy Founder, Operator, Owner(?) WWASPS, 2007-2019
- Red Rock Canyon School Former Owner
- Brightway Adolescent Hospital enrollment director
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