When Boarding School doesn’t work out

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There’s this one:

The Impossible happened: Expulsion.

Well, not technically. A TSAO School gave us a 12 hour window to voluntarily withdraw our child rather than being expelled. But a two sport Varsity student with a strong B average doesn’t suddenly leave a school like that so we expect to be answering questions in any applications process. It was the result of several offenses which, had they occurred over several terms, would have meant little. All “teenage mistakes” by our heretofore straight-arrow student that added up in a boarding environment. We’ve spoken with one Admissions official already whose opinion is that the mistakes are more likely to be seen as “lessons learned” rather than something [examples given were cyber bullying or plagiarism] that would give other schools pause. What we are facing now is that few boarding or day schools take new Seniors. Additionally, of course, we are long past the Admissions cycle and most schools aren’t officially taking applications. Yet we’ve been told that many schools will have openings…

I think there’s a link in it to the thread you are thinking of.

Don’t let the title scare you. Spoiler alert: The OP’s story has a happy ending.