He said his object in starting the college was “to provide a school of a particular kid, to which we could bring children who had various difficulties which we felt could not be, or was not being, catered for in other schools”. He had attended various course but had had very little formal training.
At swimming pool
Of the incident at the swimming pool, Mr. Byrd said the boy himself chose to strip. He agreed that he had indicated to the other boys to push him in, but almost at the same time the boy himself decided to jump. The boy had been run round the garden “as part of the punishment.”