What Happened to Elan?

Sherry would later claim that the fire was a turning point for Richie and the Elan school. They purchased a new permanent location in Poland, Spring, Maine with seven large buildings each act as separate communities within the increasingly complex society Joe Richie was building. There's this strict hierarchy, these different jobs everybody has and you move up or down if your behavior is bad. That seems to be kind of everything else is spawned from this idea.