Staying with the theme of Hyde’s differentiation, here are two more points:

11. Traditional boarding schools place their primary emphasis on college preparation/placement and presume that positive character development will follow as a residual outcome. We place our primary emphasis on character development and presume that positive college placement will follow as a residual outcome

12. Therapeutic boarding schools place their primary emphasis on identifying, addressing, and remedying specific diagnoses in the belief that holistic well-being will ultimately result. We place our primary emphasis on a challenging holistic program in the belief that therapeutic well-being will ultimately result.

I welcome your additions.

Onward, Malcolm Gauld

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