<p>A number of boarding schools (as Alexz noted) have a culture of trust that pervades the campus, making the need to lock up rooms and computers unnecessary. If parents are trying to decide among options right now, the degree to which a school follows a code of ethics (the need to lock stuff up is a material example that it doesn’t, at least not in a practical sense) should be an important data point. Behaviors and values are heavily shaped from 13 - 17 years old.</p>