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3A school whose enrollment had reached 458 students in 1998, it had 45 students after
California pulled out the students it sent to ABR (3/4ths of enrolled students), making it one of Arizona's smallest high schools. Its facility in Oracle and four other sites closed, centering activity on the Queen
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died at the Boys Ranch due to abusive conditions. On August 27, 1998, the Boys Ranch lost its operating license. It was later reinstated (by
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indicted 5 former staff members on child abuse and manslaughter charges, and 17 former staff members were placed on the
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