boarding school

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He conceived the social experiment based on a combination of his curiosity about people, the influence of “Lord of the Flies” and “Robinson Crusoe,” and his boarding school experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

McLean's world changed when he moved to boarding school in Chester aged 11.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"It's like a state-sponsored boarding school where they systematically foster football players."

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

In Middletown: The fictional Welton Academy in Vermont, setting of “Dead Poets Society,” is actually St. Andrew’s School, a private boarding school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"Finally on the day we docked at Southampton, the very day before I was to start boarding school..."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg