Hidden Valley Ranch is a former mimimum security prison in La Honda California.
Built in the 80's, closed in the 90's, Hidden Valley Ranch is at the top of
Log Cabin Ranch Road, adjacent to two juvenile detention facilities
run by San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.
Why not turn a former prison into a school?
Why not create a school to teach young people about the nature all around us?
How about Outdoor Education for secondary students and young adults?
How about reversing the cycle of school to prison?
Let's create a catalyst at the intersection of nature, human nature, & technology.
Let's use our State & County Parks as well as our local Open Spaces
to develop a state-of-the-art environmental education program for
youth on the San Francisco Peninsula! HQ: Hidden Valley Ranch!
We're not talking about the salad dressing.
Built in the 80's, closed in the 90's, Hidden Valley Ranch is at the top of
Log Cabin Ranch Road, adjacent to two juvenile detention facilities
run by San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.
Why not turn a former prison into a school?
Why not create a school to teach young people about the nature all around us?
How about Outdoor Education for secondary students and young adults?
How about reversing the cycle of school to prison?
Let's create a catalyst at the intersection of nature, human nature, & technology.
Let's use our State & County Parks as well as our local Open Spaces
to develop a state-of-the-art environmental education program for
youth on the San Francisco Peninsula! HQ: Hidden Valley Ranch!
We're not talking about the salad dressing.
An Idea:
Hidden Valley Ranch is ideally located to be the headquarters for a
comprehensive Environmental Education program using Project-Based,
Mobile, and Experiential & Service Learning pedogogies. Here are possible models...
Model #1: An academy program, like Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP)
or California Partnership Academies (CPA) of California Department of Education.
Model #2: An Early or Middle College program for secondary students affiliated with a college or university. Program length could vary from a semester to years.
Model #3: Outdoor Education for secondary students. A shorter, intensive program
with sessions of 1-2 weeks, and serving hundreds more students.
Model #4: A hybrid program that would serve diverse students in a variety of ways,
customized for clients as needed.
For more information about a possible Outdoor Education program for secondary students, or an Environmental Education program for young people, check out the website...
Open Space Academy: http://openspaceacademy.weebly.com/
Of course, after being unused for a couple decades,
Hidden Valley Ranch is a fixer-upper. It will need some TLC.
That problem however, is a solution - an opportunity!
Why not hire the kids at Log Cabin Ranch and Camp Glenwood
(the adjacent juvenile detention facilities) to learn hands-on construction skills?
Why not create a temporary building trades program to renovate and repurpose the facility?
Some Research:
California's First 'Private Prison' is Open for Business, 1986, by Mark A. Stein...
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-29/news/mn-7853_1_private-prison
Private Prisons, Pros & Cons, 1990, by Charles H. Logan...
https://books.google.com/books?id=LHJIfV8L6NIC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=hidden+valley+ranch+prison&source=bl&ots=MIh3B-4g_K&sig=S5bgjtyFPon8YWODw2N344EPnFM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z_scVIPfDM-vyASC6YGABg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=hidden%20valley%20ranch%20prison&f=false
Juvenile Hall's Rural Camp Faces Ax, 1996, by Leslie Goldberg
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Juvenile-Hall-s-rural-camp-faces-ax-3141904.php
Converted Cellblocks, 2015, by Alysia Santo
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/01/29/converted-cellblocks
Repurposing: New Beginnings for Closed Prisons, 2016, by Nicole D. Porter
http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/repurposing-new-beginnings-closed-prisons/
Hidden Valley Ranch is ideally located to be the headquarters for a
comprehensive Environmental Education program using Project-Based,
Mobile, and Experiential & Service Learning pedogogies. Here are possible models...
Model #1: An academy program, like Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP)
or California Partnership Academies (CPA) of California Department of Education.
Model #2: An Early or Middle College program for secondary students affiliated with a college or university. Program length could vary from a semester to years.
Model #3: Outdoor Education for secondary students. A shorter, intensive program
with sessions of 1-2 weeks, and serving hundreds more students.
Model #4: A hybrid program that would serve diverse students in a variety of ways,
customized for clients as needed.
For more information about a possible Outdoor Education program for secondary students, or an Environmental Education program for young people, check out the website...
Open Space Academy: http://openspaceacademy.weebly.com/
Of course, after being unused for a couple decades,
Hidden Valley Ranch is a fixer-upper. It will need some TLC.
That problem however, is a solution - an opportunity!
Why not hire the kids at Log Cabin Ranch and Camp Glenwood
(the adjacent juvenile detention facilities) to learn hands-on construction skills?
Why not create a temporary building trades program to renovate and repurpose the facility?
Some Research:
California's First 'Private Prison' is Open for Business, 1986, by Mark A. Stein...
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-29/news/mn-7853_1_private-prison
Private Prisons, Pros & Cons, 1990, by Charles H. Logan...
https://books.google.com/books?id=LHJIfV8L6NIC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=hidden+valley+ranch+prison&source=bl&ots=MIh3B-4g_K&sig=S5bgjtyFPon8YWODw2N344EPnFM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z_scVIPfDM-vyASC6YGABg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=hidden%20valley%20ranch%20prison&f=false
Juvenile Hall's Rural Camp Faces Ax, 1996, by Leslie Goldberg
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Juvenile-Hall-s-rural-camp-faces-ax-3141904.php
Converted Cellblocks, 2015, by Alysia Santo
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/01/29/converted-cellblocks
Repurposing: New Beginnings for Closed Prisons, 2016, by Nicole D. Porter
http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/repurposing-new-beginnings-closed-prisons/