Holderness ( I actually looked this school up a few weeks ago and read, FROM THEIR SITE, what was what there !)is NOT the same as it was in the early-mid 1960s and neither are ANY of the other boarding schools that I know. Neither are the elite of the elite private day schools in N.H., N.Y., Mass., Ct., etc.!
And even in the 1980s, many of these boarding schools ( Middlesex, for example, was getting "loopy"! ) were NOT anything at all like they once were, when I went to one. But at least in the '80s, scholastics were more or less ( somewhat less, though, than say in the 1950s-early '60s ) at a high level.
Today, yes, even with the WOKE, and worse garbage, these kids are learning more than they would at public school; which isn't saying much really.
His daughters, not so much. But they were pretty. His son ended up being roommates with the son of some rich banker from Geneva, Switzerland. The Swiss family ended up having their whole family over to their place in Zermatt for a New Years/ski vacation. All they had to do was pay for the plane tickets.
Freepers love to disparage all the rich kids prep schools and Ivy league colleges. However, IF your kid can get into one of these schools they might end up roommates with some future CEO or mover/shaker of government or industry.
The other reason WHY to go to some of these Prep schools is athletics. My second cousin’s son is a very good hockey goalie. After playing for his suburban Buffalo high school he got a chance to play for Cushing for his Senior year.
He played there one year and is now on a semi pro team.
If he continues to play well, he could end up in the NHL.