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FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, a U-Haul is parked outside Midwest Academy in Keokuk, Iowa. Six former students filed a lawsuit Tuesday, March 15 alleging an Iowa boarding school kept them in isolation boxes for days a time, allowed sexual harassment and abuse, provided inadequate medical care and had filthy conditions. Several of the students' parents also joined the lawsuit against the now-closed Midwest Academy in Keokuk, and its owner, Benjamin Trane. (Cindy Iutzi/Daily Gate City via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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