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Many high schools are struggling with whether to allow students to learn in the classroom as COVID-19 infections surge across the U.S. But not the nation s boarding schools. These schools have been mostly able to offer in-person learning with relatively few incidents, using a variety of intensive virus-mitigation strategies, according to Peter Upham, executive director of The Association of Boarding Schools. About a third of the nation s more than 260 academic boarding schools have had COVID-19 cases, Upham said, but very few schools have seen outbreaks of more than just a couple students. In many ways, boarding schools are like colleges, with most students living full-time on campus. But while colleges must deal with young adults, some of whom sleep off campus, boarding schools work with minors who are much more restricted and the schools generally have fewer enrollees. That gives administrators far more control. ....