<p><em>I apologize as I’m not a parent, but I do have some insight on the traveling thing</em></p>
<p>Sometimes, there are other kids living in the general area or state that you reside in that attend the school. That might be a good thing to try to find out on the visit back days - someone from the school might end up on the same flight as her at some point commuting from home to school, so she wouldn’t be alone for the full time at least. I have friends at boarding school that say that’s happened before, and although it’s not extremely common, it happens.</p>