Pretty much. You'd have to ask Bob (he's dead), Barb (would you believe her?), and the girl that was paid (if you can find her) for confirmation. Let's face it: that's the only fact (whether there are sources or not) on the CWCki that a lot of people find and ran with. It will continue to be there until the end of time.
I knew that the Manchester High gal-pals weren't paid by the principal, but you can't deny it did shape Chris's view on relationships. Again, the only times Chris ever hung out with them was a school or his 18th birthday party, and even then, he wasn't very communicative.
You look at the photos, and they are literally apart in the same room. All Chris knew from the HS gal-pals were things from a superficial, basic POV. He never engaged with them after school hours, and never got to know them personally. Which now, makes up his current view on friends. Keep in mind that whenever is in a group of people, he has to make it about himself: last time when he was with a group of other people, Chris was in his green seaweed/
psycho psychic phase, where he was talking about his rocks. When the people around him wanted to change the subject, Chris was adamant on finishing the subject of his rocks and their 'properties'.