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Parents, students, turn to 'Recovery Schools' for assistance.
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Drug Detection Report
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September 15, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Business Publishers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Recovery Schools have become so popular in recent years that some administrators of those schools do not bother to advertise.
That is because word of mouth keeps those school populations at capacity with high school students who have completed drug and alcohol treatment and are looking for fresh starts in supportive environments.
"We did a brochure about seven years ago," Brad Kraushaar, who heads Arona School in Coon Rapids, Minn., told DDR. "We don't give it out because it seems disrespectful to say 'Here's what we do. By the way, you can't get in.'"
But despite its popularity, which mirrors that of other Recovery Schools throughout the U.S., budget cuts at ...
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