<p>My older daughter is a rising 8th grader for whom we are considering the boarding school option.</p>
<p>We did our multi-stop, multi-day/week (non-consecutive, at least) tour of some New England boarding schools this summer to coordinate with various and sundry camp pickups/drop-offs. Doing so allowed us to get my D's interviews out of the way and also to get enough of a vibe from the schools to cut our already short list down even more. </p>
<p>But of course, for the institutions that made the cut, we had always intended to go back for another visit in the Fall when students were in classes.</p>
<p>In trying to set up some of these second visits this week, I was surprised to hear that the schools don't let the visiting student sit in on a class or two. I was told by two schools already that they don't allow it because it is disruptive. How disruptive is an additional person sitting quietly in a room?</p>
<p>Does anyone else find this custom odd?</p>