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Substitute parents

Boarding school teachers take their surrogate roles seriously

By Nancy Shohet West
Globe Correspondent / April 13, 2006

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Most weekday evenings, Karlyn McNall puts her two young sons -- Gavin, 3, and Tim, 16 months -- to bed by 7:30. Once they are settled down, she can devote the next four hours to her older children. All two dozen of them. (Full article: 1357 words)

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