Surrounded by Miles of Pastures, a Unique School Helps Teens Rebuild Their Lives

SHAUNAVON, Sask.—If you see Rock Solid Refuge from a distance, you might just mistake it for another Prairie farm in southwestern Saskatchewan. There’s a barn and various other buildings that wouldn’t look out of place on a typical farm. They’re surrounded by miles of fields and pastures. But if you drive closer, you soon realize it’s much more. “A lot of parents that reach out to us, they will say, ‘We have exhausted everything else that we have found, every other resource, every government program, every counselling system. … We’ve exhausted all of our other options that we’ve come across. You’re our last hope,’” said Dallas Block, executive director of Rock Solid Refuge (RSR)....