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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For example - why boarding school besides academics?  [b]Some (Mercersburg being an example) have a no drugs and alcohol policy [/b]- [b]so drinking and smoking pot are very unlikely to happen.  As is drinking and driving (or even late night teen driving).[/b][i]  Mercersburg also has a fabulous arts program and participation in arts classes is required.  Participation in sports is required, and with a smaller group of students, it is much more likely that each student has a role on a team versus being on the bench.  There are many opportunities for travel and study abroad that are underwritten by the school.   They put serious resources in allowing teachers to explore latest studies on how to teach adolescents -- I am sure FCPS does too, but simply does not have the resources to send every teacher to any conference they would like to go to.  You would really have to go visit in person to understand what this means as far as the curriculum options and the way the students and faculty approach learning .... but it is refreshing and very different from sitting in a lecture-style class of 25-35 students.   
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The bolded and italicized are simply not true. Kids at BS do drink as do their day school counterparts. It is part of teenage life as is sexual encounters.[/quote]

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