Dorm matron at The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, dismissed then arrested for on major assault charges!

In January, Opah Winfrey opened up a $40 million dollar girls school in South Africa… It was a big deal, as she was fulfilling a promise she made to Nelson Mandela six years ago to give African students a better future… Mariah Carey, Spike Lee, Tina Turner and Sydney Poitier attended the opening.

Oprah handpicked the lucky 152 students out of around 3,5000 who applied, giving the otherwise under privileged girls the opportunity to get a world class education in a setting which, well, is a lot better than most boarding school in the world.. Think 200 thread count sheets, a yoga studio, beauty salon and indoor and outdoor theaters…

I thought that was a bit much, after all even those who can afford those luxuries for their children send them to boarding schools, that yes, cost a bit of money… But don’t have ‘beauty salons’. I don’t see how it can be good to expose those girls to such excessive luxury… Yes, I think they deserve the best education, but 200 thread count sheets, and a beauty salon?!

Over the past few months, the school has not only gotten some good, and some negative reviews… Though the negative does seem to be over powering the good these days.

In March parents complained that the school was too strict, almost like prisons they needed to fill out form after form to be able to contact their children.

In May, parents complained that their children were not allowed junk food (okay, err.. what?) and that they had to go through a security gate when they visited their children…

A few days ago, the biggest scandal ever when one of the school matrons was dismissed and then arrested after being accused of abusing the children, both physically and sexually!

Oprah flew to South Africa immediately she heard the news… The parents did not complain about that.

More information can be found here: People.com