Interview with George Page, August 31, 2006

Partial Transcript: So, uh, we had about two hundred people putting the lodge up, where we did the kitchen and dining hall and everything.

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses constructing the lodge at Foothills Academy and figuring out how much the construction costs for the academy would be. He also describes working with a person who wanted to fund the academy's construction projects.

Keywords: Boys homes; Buildings; Children; Construction; Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Building.; Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: This is Dale Johnson working with Eastern Kentucky PRIDE.

Segment Synopsis: Page describes adding an addition to Foothills Academy and having the boys who lived there working alongside professional construction workers.

Keywords: Boys homes; Buildings; Children; Construction; Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Building.; Clinton County (Ky); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: It's gonna compliment this brick building over here.

Segment Synopsis: Page describes the Christian Appalachian Project, what they do, how Foothills Academy is connected to them, and how both groups benefit from that partnership.

Keywords: Boys homes; Building; Children; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Construction; Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Corbin (Ky.); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: Now were you savvy to all these programs 'cause you worked in Kentucky for a while?

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses his partnerships with programs in Kentucky, how he came to be associated with them, and how they help Foothills Academy.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Christian Appalachian Project (CAP); Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Partnerships; Programs; Rehabilitation; Students; Supplies; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Kentucky.; Schools

Partial Transcript: So, um, so how did you get involved with this academy?

Segment Synopsis: Page describes how he became involved with Foothills Academy by detailing his personal history since being a student at Scarritt College in Nashville, Tennessee. He describes moving to Kentucky and working with children in different programs, which eventually led to his connection with Foothills Academy.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Choate, Jeffrey; Foothills Academy; Judge Jeff Choate; Kentucky; Kids; Rehabilitation; Scarritt College for Christian Workers; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Nashville (Tenn.); Schools

Partial Transcript: So the judge and I just met and we just started talking and, you know, we filed for 501(3)(c) [501(c)(3)] status and I started writing policy manuals.

Segment Synopsis: Page describes the process of starting Foothills Academy and the way in which he had been trained for the position throughout his life. He also describes some of the educational philosophy of the academy and how he came to learn about how kids learn.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Foothills Academy; Kids; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Kentucky.; Schools

Partial Transcript: I saw those boys out there when we were talking about other places--

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses how the students can be motivated by stories of world travel to focus on what they want to do with their lives. He also describes how that helps the boys with sobriety.

Keywords: Boys homes; Building; Children; Construction; Drugs; Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Rehabilitation; Sobriety; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Kentucky.; Schools; Travel.

Partial Transcript: We had another young man that came--he was one of our first young men...

Segment Synopsis: Page describes a student at Foothills Academy who came into the academy addicted to drugs, and Page describes his story of becoming sober and working jobs, and his progress since leaving the academy.

Keywords: Boys homes; Building; Children; Construction; Drugs; Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Rehabilitation; Sobriety; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Kentucky.; Schools

Partial Transcript: But, uh, you want to know about the PRIDE program and how we benefited from it.

Segment Synopsis: Page describes how PRIDE has been able to help Foothills Academy through the construction of an outdoor classroom and a greenhouse and by providing funds for tools and books. He also discusses incorporating the outdoor classroom and greenhouse into the everyday work of the academy.

Keywords: Agriculture; Boys homes; Building; Children; Construction; Foothills Academy; Funding; Greenhouses; Kids; Outdoor classrooms; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Pride; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Outdoor learning laboratories.; Schools

Partial Transcript: Another thing that I wanted to tell you, a little boy yesterday evening in, in group session, I was having group with a group--a boy...

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses how the academy works to help change boys' values and gives them hope to help improve their lives.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Counseling; Foothills Academy; Funding; Group counseling; Kids; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: Now I noticed that, um, I don't know if all of them, but some of the boys had like on camo pants and stuff.

Segment Synopsis: Page describes the uniforms the academy provides for the students, how those divided the boys into teams, and the similarities of the academy to boot camp. He discusses how the expense for army boots and pants is very low in comparison to other clothes.

Keywords: Boys homes; Budgets; Children; Clothing; Expenses; Foothills Academy; Funding; Kids; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers; Uniforms

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Kentucky.; Schools

Partial Transcript: So what's like a typical day for the--for a kid?

Segment Synopsis: Page describes the students' schedules for each day in detail.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Foothills Academy; Kids; Rehabilitation; Schedules; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: Now I got the impression that s, some kids were here for longer than others.

Segment Synopsis: Page describes how the boys come to the academy and the length of stay for most boys who attend the academy. He also describes some of the issues that the boys face that lead them to the academy.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Counseling; Courts; Detention; Drugs; Foothills Academy; Kids; Parents; Rehabilitation; Sentencing; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: Now you said you have a special ed teacher?

Segment Synopsis: Page describes how many of the students at the academy need special education.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Counseling; Drugs; Foothills Academy; Kids; Rehabilitation; Special education; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Schools; Special education.

Partial Transcript: This says here that there's been forty-one thousand dollars they've given out in edug--education grants.

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses the PRIDE grants that have been received by Clinton County and the proportion of those grants that Foothills Academy has received. He also briefly discusses the wastewater grants for the county.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Education grants; Foothills Academy; Funding; Grants; Kids; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Pride; Rehabilitation; Septic systems; Students; Teenagers; Wastewater grants; Wastewater treatment

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Plumbing.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Schools; Sewerage.

Partial Transcript: Well I just, I f--you're doing so much here I, I feel like I should, uh, spend a week talking to you.

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses the PRIDE interview project and how he would like for the students at Foothills Academy to be involved and how that could help them.

Keywords: Boys homes; Children; Education grants; Foothills Academy; Funding; Grants; Interviewing; Interviews; Kids; Oral histories; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Pride; Rehabilitation; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Schools

Partial Transcript: Is there anything that, uh--about the PRIDE program you'd like to see added to it or what you could envision, how you could use PRIDE in the future?

Segment Synopsis: Page discusses his thoughts about PRIDE and how their grant system is structured. He also discusses one of his anthropology professors in college.

Keywords: Anthropology; Boys homes; Children; Education grants; Foothills Academy; Funding; Grants; Kids; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Pride; Professors; Rehabilitation; Scarritt College for Christian Workers; Students; Teenagers

Subjects: Clinton County (Ky.); Education; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Nashville (Tenn.); Schools