Alcohol and Drugs at Boarding School

chemmchimney
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:22:54 +0000

NMH requires both parents to sign off on student visits and weekend plans have to be set several days in advance but international students routinely rent rooms in Boston for certain breaks which is allowed. School rules do apply there - and NMH is pretty quick to expel- but I am certain things go on off campus there and at every school. Several schools have had big busts very close to graduation and NMH has special rules to mitigate the chance of that senior spring fever silliness too though they escape me now. Sanctuary exists and students sit on disciplinary committee which helps I think. Kids do not want to have to BS their own peers who likely know exactly what happened. My daughter was an RA and there were times she was asked by a student to speak on their behalf to the committee as the faculty trusted her and at least one time when she found she couldn’t defend the student.

Having seen several schools work through this, I feel one of the most important things is that the rules are black and white and uniformly enforced. Once kids start to feel the system isn’t fair, they become less inclined to play by the rules.