Facility profile Massachusetts
Pelham Academy
Pelham Academy is a therapeutic boarding school in Lexington, Massachusetts, operated by Justice Resource Institute.
Lawsuits
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Dorothy Uwakwe v. Pelham Academy and Justice Resource Institute, Inc.
Outcome: On December 11, 2017, the court granted defendants' summary-judgment motion on counts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 and dismissed counts 5 and 6.
Dorothy Uwakwe alleged race- and national-origin discrimination by her former employers, Pelham Academy and Justice Resource Institute. The supplied December 2017 order resolved the action for defendants: summary judgment was granted on five counts and two others were dismissed.
Incidents on record
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2006 Runaway
A 16-year-old girl left Pelham Academy, a school and residential treatment program in Lexington, MA, with another student and was missing for six days; the family said the program acknowledged staff were not trained appropriately.source 1, source 2
Staff
Administration
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Eileen Johnson
Program Director
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Amy Bove
Director of Education Services
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Kat DeSousa
Clinical Director
Materials and links
External links
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