652. Shimber Beris

This very alternative school was located first in California, then in Mexico until the started ended its time in Guatemala.

They used an alternative curriculum and the children attending the school were basically isolated in an environment organized like a cult.

The school closed in the 1990’s and both founders are now dead. It looks like a bad place to be as a student.

Sources:

• Shimber Beris memorial page
• Scott Wilson’s Book (The Smiley Smile Message Board)
• Shimber Beris (The blog of Petera Shlock)
• The “school for troubled teens” (Reddit Troubled Teens)