In News Media and Popular Culture
Aspen Achievement Academy has been a subject of several media reports and works of popular culture:
- The 1999 book Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild by Gary Ferguson, ISBN 0-312-20008-0 recounts the author's experiences and observations during several months he spent in the wilderness with teens at Aspen Achievement Academy.
- The third season of the UK TV series Brat Camp was filmed at Aspen Achievement Academy.
- In January 1996, six teenagers ran away from an Aspen group. They were found by law enforcement officials and returned to the program, but the incident raised concerns that future escapees might assault tourists, hikers or recreationists on the public lands that Aspen used. Afterward, the Bureau of Land Management, which manages these lands, was reported to be have conducted a review to determine whether to renew or terminate Aspen's access permit.
- In April 2007 a 16-year-old male student died after hanging himself with a shoelace.
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