We live on the west coast and our mids stayed with classmates on the east coast during shorter leave times. It introduced us to the kindness and generosity of the Kings Point family. There will be no shortage of places your plebe can stay. The fall break between trimesters is always longer than the Thanksgiving break so our kids always came home for the former and stayed with classmates for the latter. Keep in mind that if your plebe is on a sports team, he or she may be required to remain on campus for practice or games. Also, your mid will likely miss breaks due to sea year depending on what split they are on. Both our kids were A splitters and missing them at Christmas was hard on us. We did see one of them during sea year when their ship was at a nearby port. We got to tour the ship which was pretty cool. Both our mids traveled to Germany during sea year, so you might get lucky and see your mid then. Even though it is a long and expensive trip for you, I would recommend trying to make it to KP for Parents Weekend. Enjoy your time together now because your time will be very limited from here on out.