Eagle Academy (Belle Glade, Florida)

Eagle Academy is a behavior modification facility. The facility is located on 33800 State Road 80, Belle Glade, Florida. The academy featured in the show High School Boot Camp.

Eagle Academy
Location
33800 State Road 80 Belle Glade , Palm Beach County , Florida United States
Information
Age	13 to 16

The target group is "at-risk" girls and boys between 13 and 16 years of age. They have to be resident in Palm Beach County. They also need to have no felonies on their police record.^[1]

Discipline

Eagle Academy strictly enforces discipline: a button not done up, a word out of place or any non conformity could result in 10 push-ups or 20 jumping jacks or more, depending on the infraction.^[2]

The program claims to have helped about 80 percent of the detainees to lead a productive life.^{[citation needed]}

According to the new budget of 2013, The Eagle Academy was closed, saving $4.5M a year.^[3]

In the news

One of the drill instructors was arrested for aggressively handling a student.^[4] Another staff member was arrested and charged of trying to cover up the incident.^[5]

In February 2008, in a separate incident, another staff member was charged with abuse.^[6]

In August 2008, a January 2008 graduate was shot while driving a stolen car.^[7]

January–June 2010 students DeLaney, Gousse and Dew were the first to ever perform music that was written at the academy, DeLaney being the first to ever have a guitar there.^{[citation needed]}