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stevenhw — 12 years ago(October 08, 2013 01:11 PM)

I remember seeing this movie in a theater when this came out in the early-1980's.
But my question isare there still military preparatory high school academies such as the one seen in this movie? There does not seem to be very many where I live (I'm in Northern California), as much as there used to.

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I graduated from Carson Long Institute (CLI) now known as Carson Long Military Academy (CLMA), when the movie "Taps" was supposed to be originally filmed at. I graduated in 1981 when this movie was made.

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Yes, there are still quite a few around, especially down here in the South, which has always been the most military-oriented (and, in my humble opinion, patriotic) part of the country. Not all of them, however, are "live-in" academies like the one portrayed in the movie. I myself went to and graduated from an all-male Catholic military school in Savannah, GA called Benedictine Military School. Its been there since 1902 and for the last several decades has had around 400 cadets at any one time.
"Courage is being scared to death- and saddling up anyway"

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MsLadyBird that school was right near mine. I went to Sheldon R. Weinberg Military Academy
Great School!
Say it again!!

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There's also the Mildred S. Butch Academy.
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The way I understood it the Vietnam War saw a noticeable drop in military school attendance and, as a result, the closing of several military schools. Despite that, though, there were still military schools that remained open (the Marine Military Academy in Texas being one) and thrived. The only difference between the military schools of today and those of yesteryear is today's military schools are no longer "reform schools for the very rich".

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Yes, and more specifically the school that was used in this film: Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA.
Still runs to this day.

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