2008 hospitalization

The Tampa Bay Times reported in 2013 that Samson Lehman was hospitalized after three days at Gateway Academy in 2008. The article said he described being required to exercise until collapse and later developed kidney failure; program director Dave Rutledge denied responsibility for the hospitalization.

Religious residential-home coverage

Gateway Academy appeared in Tampa Bay Times coverage of Florida religious children's homes operating under religious exemptions from some state child-welfare oversight. TIME summarized the investigation in 2012, describing allegations of abuse across multiple Florida youth programs.