 Marketing for the school is (as of May 2018) conducted by the Teen Paths subsidiary of the controversial World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools.Like other schools marketed by Teen Paths and the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS or WWASP), there have been numerous allegations of physical and sexual abuse at Old West Academy.In 2002, Old West Academy director Wayne Winder was arrested and charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and dealing in material harmful to a minor after he allegedly sexually abused students and showed them pornography.