<p>Annebelle, I would advise you to wait until Christmas break, at least. The only exception to that would be if your son’s advisor/dorm parent were seriously alarmed.</p>
<p>The posters on this site are very enthusiastic about boarding school. However, the median attrition at boarding schools is 9.3% (from NAIS Facts-at-a-glance.) That is to say, although many kids find their feet after an unhappy start, some kids discover that it’s a bad fit for them.</p>