Facility profile Massachusetts

Valley View School

Open North Brookfield, Massachusetts

Valley View School is a therapeutic boarding school in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. It has operated since 1970.

About Valley View School

Parent's Weekend with close to 200 parents/family members attending; keynote speaker Dr. Robert Brooks spoke on 'resilience' in adolescent development.source It added website sections highlighting community-based field trips and other summer program events.source It partnered with Betsy Deane of bdeane IMC (South Carolina) for marketing and business development.source It cost $55,000-$70,000 per year.source Stays lasted 18 to 24 months average.source Level system: weekly 1-8 rating plus four groups; punishments include work detail, point deduction and 'the hip'.source

It was licensed as a Treatment Facility in Massachusetts.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

Timeline

From the records: who ran it and the deals that moved it, its names, and the deaths, incidents, inspection findings, lawsuits and news stories on file. Point at an event, or tap "More about this", for the details.

19701977198020002002201319702013

  1. 1970

    1. Opened

      Opened in North Brookfield, Massachusetts

  2. 1977

    1. Incident

      Abuse

      A former student who attended 1976-1978 reports seeing a staff member break a child's arm and seeing students made to smoke until they vomited.

      Abuse

      source

  3. 1980

    1. Incident

      Sexual abuse

      A survivor who attended 1979-1981 reports student-on-student sexual abuse, that staff told victims to quit complaining, and an injury in which a student's nose...

      Sexual abuse

      A survivor who attended 1979-1981 reports student-on-student sexual abuse, that staff told victims to quit complaining, and an injury in which a student's nose was nearly torn off in a fight.

      source

  4. 2000

    1. Incident2000–2003

      Lawsuit

      A former student who attended 2000-2003 says he filed a lawsuit against the school and was awarded a million and a half dollars (unverified account).

      Lawsuit 2000–2003

      source

  5. 2002

    1. Incident

      Restraint

      A former student who attended 2000-2003 reports that staff restrained a student and broke his arm in 2002.

      Restraint

      source

  6. 2013

    1. Incident

      Death

      A 2013 parent review says the parent's son killed himself after attending VVS and left a note blaming the school; the parent says it happened multiple times (unverified account).

      Death

      source

Nonprofit tax filings

The yearly returns (IRS Form 990) of the nonprofit this program operates under, from the IRS through ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer.

Valley View School Inc

EIN 04-2859592, N Brookfield, MA. Filed with the IRS as mental health and crisis services, tax-exempt since 1970. Every filing on ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer

YearRevenueExpensesPaid to officers and directorsAssets at year endReturn
2025 Form 990
2024 Form 990
2023 $6,757,875 $3,376,756 $291,140 $8,762,569 Form 990
2022 $3,178,116 $3,270,132 $0 $5,175,275 Form 990
2021 $3,256,010 $2,874,232 $0 $5,047,966 Form 990
2020 $2,728,180 $2,757,332 $0 $4,787,637 Form 990
2019 $2,552,571 $2,722,082 $0 $4,649,024 Form 990
2018 $2,197,170 $0 $0 $4,822,240 Form 990
2017 $2,109,928 $2,499,647 $0 $4,985,119 Form 990
2016 $1,926,810 $2,700,252 $0 $5,996,211 Form 990
Earlier years (13)

Incidents on record

  1. 1977 Abuse

    A former student who attended 1976-1978 reports seeing a staff member break a child's arm and seeing students made to smoke until they vomited.source

  2. 1980 Sexual abuse

    A survivor who attended 1979-1981 reports student-on-student sexual abuse, that staff told victims to quit complaining, and an injury in which a student's nose was nearly torn off in a fight.source

  3. 2000–2003 Lawsuit

    A former student who attended 2000-2003 says he filed a lawsuit against the school and was awarded a million and a half dollars (unverified account).source

  4. 2002 Restraint

    A former student who attended 2000-2003 reports that staff restrained a student and broke his arm in 2002.source

  5. 2013 Death

    A 2013 parent review says the parent's son killed himself after attending VVS and left a note blaming the school; the parent says it happened multiple times (unverified account).source

  6. Abuse

    Survivors report verbal and emotional abuse, violent and excessive restraints, extreme physical abuse, punitive punishments and attack therapy at Valley View School.source

Videos

Fire erupts at a North Brookfield boarding school Watch on YouTube

Staff

Administration

  • Philip Spiva

    Executive Director (2012)source

Notable staff

  • Rick Bulger

    Associate Director (2007-2008)source

  • Ted McCarty

    Residential Supervisorsource

  • Christopher Carlin

    Clinical Director (2005, r/troubledteens wiki)source

    Elsewhere in the industry

  • Phil Bland

    Associate Director (1973, r/troubledteens wiki)source

  • Scott Longvall

    Assistant Director for Residential Servicessource

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Documents

Documents on file (17)
Woodbury Reports Mentions (8)

From the Unsilenced archive

15 documents about Valley View School that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their whole folder: Valley View School.

Wiki entries

Materials and links

Survivor posts and discussion

Reference and research

1 of these from SCIAD NET.

Other links

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