<p>I live pretty close to all these schools mentioned…Bascially, what I need to say is this. The kids are NOT supervised. My friend picks up her son at his boarding school, and no one knows he is gone. Freshman’s talk about drinking and having sex… and a person who has worked at a bs for 14 years would never let his kids board because in his words…“they can’t and don’t keep the kids busy enough, so there is plenty of messing around”. Although they have classes all day, sports, and 7:45-9:45 mandatory study hall they still have plenty of free time, especially on the weekend…So you REALLY have to trust your kid and how you raised your kid with your values. Its weird, but we are never surprised about the kids the do get into trouble…when you look back and do a little digging…they are no different than they were in middle school. “They” say the kind of student you have at 11 years old is the kind of student you will have in high school. With all that said…I know of a women who sent her daughter to a bs (they lived in Asia, daughter loved the school, but hated boarding…mother moved from Asia to new england and took an apartment, so he daughter could finish school here. According to her, BEST decision she ever made!!</p>