Yesterday, Bellweather lost its license for Carlton Palms, the former-Mazik-owned company. In 2015, its sister facility in Delaware was closed to Delaware-admissions.
In November, Claire's Gingerbread House, the place where it all began nearly fifty years ago was auctioned off. The new owner is an heir of the DiSabatino Construction company, a long-running builder in Delaware. Neighbors tell me Bellweather is still there serving children. The assumption is that the company is leasing its former home from DiSabatino.
Now, the news every Floridian is talking about: Yesterday, Carlton Palms Education Center, owned and operated by Bellweather, lost its license. Not lost it like my eleven year old losses everything he touches, rather they felt the bitter sting of REVOCATION! The State of Florida had already taken action to end the Bellweather monopoly after years of documented abuse. Carlton Palms was under a state-issued order to move their clients to more appropriate community residences. Thus far, it's been reported in various published sources that Bellweather had removed approx. 50 clients.
How will the Revocation impact Bellweather? It's all hypothetical from here on out. While we all have the urge to stand a little taller today, I caution anyone who believes this story is over. It's my experience that we will be humbled again and again.
3 comments:
First may I say, Kudo's to you for taking on a project that you're so passionate about! I have a few questions that you may be able to answer. Where is the Gingerbread house located? Do you know who owns or what will happen to the land that Carolton Palms os on?
Thank you, I think. This will be a two part response: The Gingerbread House is located at 4185 KIRKWOOD ST GEORGES ROAD, Bear, DE. It is the original Au Clair campus. The parcel sold 11/14/17 to 4185 KIRKWOOD ST GEORGES ROAD LLC. The LLC is located at 2159 MCCOY RD which is owned by DISABATINO KELLI L & REDICK ROBERT R III. Kelli DiSabatino is an heir to the DiSabatino Construction Company, http://disabatino.com/. The firm is well-established in Delaware. In my opinion, I don't believe the parcel was purchased for the indefinite purpose of leasing it back to the school. I feel it is very possible Bellwether will eventually exit the campus and the lands around the Gingerbread House will be parceled and developed. The house should be spared as it is on the historical register, however it sits on ten lovely acres.
Now the trickier question: The land beneath Lake Carlton Education Center (both parcels) is owned by Lake Carlton Company. The UBR was originally filed by Mazik and Brown. In 2009, there was a restatement of articles and as far as I can see they moved the business office out of Mt. Dora (East Fifth St?) to Churchill-Smith. In the following years, various people signed off on the UBR filing each year. I try to be meticulous in what I do. I do not want to assign a falsehood to any figure, especially a public one. I like the facts of the stories to stand on their own. Therefore, I ran the ownership again this morning. The Lake Carlton Company UBR was filed in February 2018. The names and signatures are those belonging to the UBR filed by Bellwether for Carlton Palms. Thus it appears that Bellwether owns the land. If I had to make a long term guess - I wouldn't. Two many spinning wheels, too many unknowns.
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