No worries @ChoatieMom I took it in the spirit it was given.
I already get my fair share of shade for “letting” S19 go to an Ivy instead of keeping him in state. There are definitely the “I could never let my kid go so far away” comments, which sometimes feel like a thinly veiled “I love my kid too much to be so far away. I guess you must not.” I could give you 20 different passively snide comments I have received, but I don’t need to. You have probably all heard them already.
I’m sure that is 10x the case for BS, since you are talking about a 14 year old not an 18 year old. It definitely will be around here, where most people I know don’t know a single family who let a kid go to BS.
The benefit I have is that I seem to care less and less what other people think. Not sure if that is age or just me. But on this front, as well as others, I am going to do what I think is best for my kids. And I truly, from the bottom of my heart, sincerely don’t give a hoot whether you think it is a good idea or a dumb one that I let my kid go to school far away.