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As a result, of changing parental attitudes. most boarding schools now accept an increasing number of day children. Surburbanization has been another factor. The spread of the cities has meant that some prep schools once located in rural areas now have had cities spread out around them. Ths has meant that that more children live near the schools. and as family cars are now common, the children can be driven to school. As a result, Day children now constitute an important element of most boarding schools. A few boarding schools still do not accept day children, but this is not very common. Commonly older day children stay late at school to participate in activities and sports. Some also stay for prep. Often the schools will encourage the parents to board the day children in the last two years, to better prepare them for their public schools where they will probably board.
.... A few Day boys are accepted and weekly boarding is not discouraged for younger boys providing the travelling distances involved are reasonable. Day boys are expected to participate fully in the life of the School. When parents have to be away from home, arrangements can sometime be made to board them for short periods.
Brightlands Preparatory School Prospectus
Boundary Oak i believed to be unique in the country in having its complment of about 200 boys almost equally represented by day and boarding pupils--a situation which the boys themselves appreciate. Because neither faction greatly outnumbers the other, both can identify with the school and its life on an equql basis, avoiding the friction that can arise when one group is dominant over the other.
Boundary Oak School Prospectus
The establishment of mixed houses is a comparatively recent innovation. The merging of boardrs and day-boys into one house enables day-boys who wish to become boarders to do so without involving themselves in a change of housemaster or separation from their friends. With industry becoming increasingly mobile and families often being compelled to move at short notice, we nelieve that the mixed houses provide the answer to a social need.
Clifton College Preparatory School Prospectus
Children are eligible for admission for admission as Day Pupils provided they live within 20 miles of the school.
Dean Close Junior School Prospectus
