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My older brother went to a private high school about 20 mins away and he lived at home. We'd drop him off at 7am and pick him up at 10pm though! He might as well have lived there!

I would consider it if it were a REALLY great school and more than 30 mins from home. And they got a scholarship... haha. Boarding schools are not cheap! I'd have them come home most weekends though-- probably 3 out of 4 weekends a month.

Maybe if it was Hogwarts.

Nope never...I feel like I would miss out on so much!

I think if I lived in a different life, yes. Say we lived in a terrible school district, and our child was really bright and offered a great scholarship to an incredible boarding school. Assuming that this was the BEST option for them to get an excellent education, I would absolutely support that. Fortunately, it's likely that we will live in a good school district, or be able to swing a local private school if we have to.

Nope, and it's not really an option around here!

@mrbee: Haha!
I don't think I would, but since we live overseas, it's possible. If I had a gifted child that I didn't feel I could provide all the advanced education they wanted through homeschool, I would consider it for high school.
My little sister is in a boarding school, a music one. Their orchestra and choir tour the US and Canada, sometimes international. She plays trombone, and it will be great for college scholarships as well.

We'll do good old fashioned public school.

@mrs. wagon: I was just like your brother. A day student at a boarding school (heck it could have been the same one since I'm from the Boston area too!). I was on campus from very early in the morning to pretty late at night most days. I pretty much slept and showered at home. And on the weekends I was either staying at a friends, or had friends staying with me. Where I went to school only about 15% of the students were day students. All of my friends who were boarders loved it. But I will say the majority of them lived within an hour or so of the school so they saw their parents all the time (parents would come to campus to watch games, or the kids went home on the weekends). Honestly I did learn a lot of independence and the education was superior to what I would have received at a public school. I would absolutely consider sending my kids to a boarding school (as a day student or a boarding student) but it would need to be somewhere within easy driving distance of my home.

@MamaMoose: haha! was it a prestigious one that had another location in New Hampshire?

@MamaMoose: yep! he got the book smarts for sure.