{"id":3853,"date":"2025-09-28T02:29:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2025-09-28T02:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:48:46","slug":"robert-land-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsoverprofits.org\/staging\/robert-land-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Land Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Location: 6727 S Chippawa Rd, Wellandport, ON L0R 2J0, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Founder: G. Scott Bowman
Founded: 1978
Closed: 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Residents: boys
11-18 years old
grades 5-12<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tuition: at least $64,0001<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of students: 1251<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Off-campus student deaths<\/a><\/strong>: Cristopher Brown (16 years old, 1998), Matt Toppi (17 years old, 1998), Donald MacNeil (18 years old, 2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abuse allegations: <\/strong>physical and emotional abuse, racism, food deprivation, sleep deprivation, failure to prevent incidents of child-on-child sexual abuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A lawyer named Matthew Lefave is representing 50+ clients in lawsuits against RLA!
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Phase system <\/strong>
(low to high)<\/strong>
Recruit
Cadet
Barman
Leading Barman
Master Barman
Double Barman
Lance Corporal
Corporal
Master Corporal
Sergeant
Warrant Officer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cStudents must stand at attention and salute at the request of instructors, most of whom have never served in the military but go by titles such as lieutenant and captain.\u201d1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headmaster<\/strong> – \u201cLieutenant Colonel\u201d Peter Stock
Deputy Headmaster<\/strong> – \u201cMajor\u201d Bill Simmons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teachers:
<\/strong>\u201cCaptain\u201d Edward Aoki, \u201cLieutenant\u201d Paula Sinclair, \u201cLieutenant\u201d Andrew Guy, \u201cLieutenant\u201d Rob Hancock, \u201cLieutenant\u201d Rachelle Heida, \u201cCaptain\u201d John Milliken, \u201cCaptain\u201d Blair Servos, \u201cLieutenant\u201d Stephanie Flagg, \u201cSecond Lieutenant\u201d Jeffrey Davidson, Elizabeth Ferguson, \u201cCaptain\u201d Kevin Brown
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Abuse accusations at \u2018military-style\u2019 Ontario school – Transcript | CBC Radio<\/div>
Front Burner Transcript for August 28, 2024<\/div>
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