The Midland Experience
For Gay Parent Readers
At Midland School, students live their education. Lessons extend beyond the classroom walls as instructors and students explore the frontiers of education together.
Welcome, Gay Parent readers!
Living your education in Los Olivos, CA
Midland School is a 100% boarding school environment located in California’s Santa Barbara County. Midland is an intentionally small community where everyone knows everyone else’s name. Since all our students are boarding students, they share the same experiences and build one tight-knit community.
In recent years, Midland’s leadership and faculty has taken tangible steps to increase diversity, inclusion and belonging in the school community. During the 2022-2023 school year, Midland hosted sexuality educator and consultant Auri East to work with our community. The school has a very active LBGTQ+ alliance. Known as Queercus, a play on the Latin word for oak trees, the group often hosts social and educational events on campus.
While many current parents never considered boarding before they encountered Midland, they consistently share that our 6-7 week academic cycles followed by a week of vacation have allowed them to stay connected with their children and grow closer during the high school years.
We intentionally connect families who live near each other for the purpose of car-pooling. Santa Barbara airport (SBA) also offers multiple daily flights to SFO, and the school provides transportation to and from the airport and train station in Santa Barbara/Goleta when it’s time for students to arrive or depart for breaks.
Welcome, Gay Parent readers!
Living your education in Los Olivos, CA
Midland School is a 100% boarding school environment located in California’s Santa Barbara County. Midland is an intentionally small community where everyone knows everyone else’s name. Since all our students are boarding students, they share the same experiences and build one tight-knit community.
In recent years, Midland’s leadership and faculty has taken tangible steps to increase diversity, inclusion and belonging in the school community. During the 2022-2023 school year, Midland hosted sexuality educator and consultant Auri East to work with our community. The school has a very active LBGTQ+ alliance. Known as Queercus, a play on the Latin word for oak trees, the group often hosts social and educational events on campus.
While many current parents never considered boarding before they encountered Midland, they consistently share that our 6-7 week academic cycles followed by a week of vacation have allowed them to stay connected with their children and grow closer during the high school years.
We intentionally connect families who live near each other for the purpose of car-pooling. Santa Barbara airport (SBA) also offers multiple daily flights to SFO, and the school provides transportation to and from the airport and train station in Santa Barbara/Goleta when it’s time for students to arrive or depart for breaks.
Only at Midland
Horses, hiking, farm & more
Only at Midland do students live in charming cabins, chop wood, build roaring fires, eat crisp watermelon and luscious strawberries straight from the garden and walk campus with their favorite canine companion.
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