AndrewMartian

I spent the past five months living in Jarabacoa, as a high school student doing sort of an exchange program at a different school, when I stumbled upon this project and it shocked me. I couldn't believe that this sort of thing was happening in the town I was staying in! I talked around, and found out that Escuela Caribe had been shut down, due to the press, and is now Caribbean Mountain Academy (CMA). How much has CMA improved on the conditions there? I was able to meet some of the kids, but didn't get to talk for long. Also there was someone run away from there while I was down there, was that common at Escuela Caribe? Thanks, and I can't wait to see the movie!

I remember being told about the student who ran away with the rest of the high school students, and they showed us his face and a number to call if we found him anywhere. I really wanted to find him and talk to him, to hear his story, however that didn't happen. Everyone was worried about him, but no one would talk about any circumstances on why he would leave, besides that it was just a place for troubled kids so he escaped because he was bad? I didn't really believe it, but I couldn't get an answer either way.

The only other experience I had with them was one student who took the SAT with us, and was too tied up about the test to talk to her about the school.