@saillakeerie: A lot of the comments we’re talking about are initiated by others, not reactions to anything we’ve said. Our neighbors knew that our son had chosen boarding school for high school mainly through their kids telling them that “ isn’t going to for high school! He’s going to a boarding school far away!” Then we got all kinds of inquiries and comments, some genuinely curious and non-judgemental, others not so much. No one in our AZ neighborhood knows ANYthing about any boarding school or anyone who ever went to one, so the name of any school has no meaning. Most of the comments the parents on this board have to deal with are of the “How could you send your kid away?” or “Guess isn’t good enough for you?” variety.