Unless preps are near state grammar schools and hence have a secure niche drilling children for the 11-plus exams, they may seek to merge with secondary schools, which can then market an all-through education insulated from the vicissitudes of competitive entry at 11 or 13 years ofage.
Italy's sudden entry into the industrial age in the 1960s meant the reckless building of houses and roads, the chopping down of trees, the burrowing of dangerous tunnels.