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have a clinical diagnosis of oppositional defiance or not, its, you know,theyrehaving
<br />difficulty in school. You know, you can tell from a more non-clinical subjective point of
<br />view that this kid is going down the wrong road.
<br />ALAMEDA:I guess its the term high-functioning. Its voluntary and deals
<br />only with high-functioning -. To me, high-functioning encompasses of, you know -.
<br />MCKINNEY:I think its high-functioning in the scope of the kids that are usually
<br />going to special treatments so -.
<br />ALAMEDA:Academically, like maybe they get good grades but they still kind
<br />of naughty or -?
<br />MCKINNEY:Well, we find mostly kids that were working with, and within
<br />kindofthisframeworkandtheidea,istheyrebrightkids,theyrejustgettingmixedup
<br />for whatever reason.
<br />ALAMEDA:Right, right. Cause I think you mentioned earlier about Ka`u
<br />needing, you know, some resources; and the resources really is for those low-functioning,
<br />non-compliant youngsters out there. The high-functioning kids, you know, they pretty
<br />much from my own inkling theyre going to be okay cause they got support and theres a
<br />reason why theyre high-functioning. But its those other kids that I kind of worry about.
<br />MCKINNEY:Well, and I guess its those kids that dont have the support, you
<br />know, that can -. And like I said, its, Ive worked and seen a lot of kids that really are
<br />bright and get it but they get lost for whatever reason, whether they have a great family or
<br />a bad family. Adoption issues really tend to be a big thing that, you know, while maybe
<br />not super clinical, it really affects kids and their happiness, their health, their
<br />productivity, their impact on the community. So youre absolutely right, I mean, there
<br />needs to be more facilities that deal with low-functioning students.
<br />ALAMEDA:So what would your guys plans be then if you dont get that
<br />special license from Department of Health? Just curious.
<br />MCKINNEY:Well probably be an organic working farm. I mean, thats, as you
<br />guys were kind of asking, this, to us, is contingent upon getting -. This is the first step
<br />and then we get the license. So if we dont get the license, it really is, in my mind, kind
<br />of moot. Were not going to operate a, you know, a Special Treatment, Unlicensed
<br />Special Treatment Facility. And, you know, there are language in here, penalties, etc.,
<br />etc.
<br />ALAMEDA:Right, right. Okay. Thank you.
<br />GALDONES:Further questions or comments to the Applicants? Commissioner
<br />Graham?
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