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<li><p>Finances – We don’t have the funds to continue with private day school. Another parent advised us to look into BS.</p></li>
<li><p>Intellectual Peers – My son is naturally gifted. Wonderful – yes, but difficult to motivate since it comes so easily to him. Although the academics at BS will push him, it is really the healthy competition of being surrounded by bright young minds that appeals most to us.</p></li>
<li><p>Tranquility in our Home – I don’t want to “get rid of” my son, but he has gone away for three weeks for the last 3 summers. When he is gone, my remaining 2 kids have a much better relationship and everyone welcomes big bro home with open arms. I know all siblings fight, but that doesn’t mean I accept the “bad” relationships being developed. I’d PREFER he be within an hour of home so we can visit him weekly. Yeah – I want the best of both worlds.</p></li>
<li><p>THACHERPARENT said it best – my son is just wired different. I would NEVER allow my middle child to go to boarding school. Although he is only 9, I just can’t see him growing into a young teen who could live away from home. My oldest who is applying for BS for 9th grade – well he was born independent (hated stuffed animals, never fussed when we took him to school or left him with a relative), curious and a thrill seeker.</p></li>
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