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Applied Scholastics in San Marcos, California closes
ethercat:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/21/historic-san-marcos-venue-closes/
Quote>>>>SAN MARCOS — The Old Richland Schoolhouse, a popular setting for weddings and other special events in San Marcos, will close at the end of the month, leaving couples scrambling to reschedule their nuptials and recover thousands of dollars in payments.
A nonprofit corporation has run a private school and event business on the schoolhouse property for nine years. The nonprofit owes about $50,000 in back rent plus additional rent for the lease’s remaining year, said Eric de Jong, whose family owns the Old Richland Schoolhouse.
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The tenant on the schoolhouse lease is listed as Ability Academy, Inc., which operates Old Richland Schoolhouse Events and Applied Scholastics Academy San Marcos, which also will close July 31.
Applied Scholastics International is a nonprofit formed in 1972 “to provide effective education services, training and materials” using methods known as Study Technology developed by author L. Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology.
Applied Scholastics said it paid $9,680.72 a month in rent, with an increase scheduled for Aug. 1. The kindergarten-through-sixth-grade private school was supported by tuition payments, and the event business was used to help cover the rent and maintenance, Applied Scholastics said.
Responses to questions emailed to Kim Holland, the director of the San Marcos academy, were sent by fax from Applied Scholastics International in St. Louis. The fax from the St. Louis office stated that “the economic slump” affected enrollment and event bookings over the past three or four years.
Refunds to event clients are unlikely because “all the money available was utilized to keep the (school) doors open and properly maintained” to complete the school year, the fax stated.
Eric de Jong said he has been working with the school on its late payments and short payments for 12 months.
“They just pretty much said, we can’t do this anymore,” he said.
De Jong said the school’s decision to cease operations was sudden and that he didn’t know about the email sent to event clients until he received a call from the father of a bride-to-be.
“We tried to negotiate with them on their future rent because they were obligated for one more year, but (also) owed past rent,” de Jong said. “They never came in with an offer of whatever would be reasonable.”
Applied Scholastics, in its fax, said it offered to turn over the event business to the de Jongs and pay any fees from remaining events directly to them. Eric de Jong, who said negotiations took place with the school’s founder, Chris Gerson, confirmed that such a proposal was discussed, but “we’re not in the event business.”
Gerson did not return a call requesting an interview.
Applied Scholastics said in the fax that it has no other schools in San Diego County. Past tax records indicate a school operated under the Ability Academy umbrella as Applied Scholastics Academy San Diego, formerly the Delphi Academy. The San Diego and San Marcos academy websites tout the Old Richland Schoolhouse as an “affiliate” for hosting events.
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Wonder it this will become another lawsuit for non-payment of rent? Wonder if this has any tax abnormalities?
SocialTransparency:
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/c/chris-gerson.html
Wonder if any of the past due rent and pre-paid event funds went to Gerson's Caribbean cruises on Scientology's ship called the "Free Winds"
wynot:
Quote from: SocialTransparency on July 24, 2011, 09:24>>>>
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/c/chris-gerson.html
Wonder if any of the past due rent and pre-paid event funds went to Gerson's Caribbean cruises on Scientology's ship called the "Free Winds"
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You can bet on it!
'til;
wynot
xenubarb:
Well, here it is, January 2012. I've been checking the Small Claims court, which is for amounts up to $5000. If these clowns are trying to keep people's deposits, you'd think something would have appeared by now, but nope.
mefree:
Quote from: xenubarb on January 19, 2012, 18:26>>>>Well, here it is, January 2012. I've been checking the Small Claims court, which is for amounts up to $5000. If these clowns are trying to keep people's deposits, you'd think something would have appeared by now, but nope.
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Hmm.....I wonder, why?
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