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As a former student I will tell you that Elan saved my life. I struggled in the program because it's tough, there are no shortcuts. I learned vital life skills, I made it to college, I am happy with my life. To think of where I was at my first day at Elan is scary. I have come a long way. Still in touch with many former students it seems that most are making it. It is sad for me to hear or read negative things about Elan, especially from former students. Elan is a school. Elan teaches. What a student does with that education is up to them. Those who choose to apply their knowledge will make it, no doubt.
I sent my child to Elan School and am so happy I did. [She] was skipping school, behaving immorally, doing drugs and stealing. She had become someone so different than the beautiful child she was in her younger years. After Elan School, she was helped with placement into college by the fine folks at Elan and is now a successful lawyer in a fast-paced NY law-firm, she has 2 beautiful children and is married to a surgical doctor. Elan School was certainly a life-saver for [her]. If it had not been for the Elan School, I would have never had this much joy in my life. I'd suggest checking out the Elan School website if you have lost control of your child. I have no hesitations about the school.
As a teacher at the Elan School for over 21 years and often in the local public schools, the Elan School does exactly what it was designed to do. Help students who are on their last chance to get their lives together before more extensive placements are necessary. Students do not go to Elan on an academic scholarship. They go there because their lives are totally messed up and they have already failed at other placements including public school programs. The facilities are old and need updating but have improved a great deal since Mr. Ricci passed away. There are plans for a modern school building as enrollments continue to increase. Elan is exceptional in that academics are stressed where most special schools and treatment centers give education a low priority. Students leave Elan, either graduate or dis-enroll, academically at grade level or more advanced.
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