This approach does not seem to be working as the boys as a collective are an unruly bunch. Rachin, an egotistical disciplinarian whose official unofficial mantra for the school is 'action - reaction', meaning that there will be severe consequences for any boy out of line.
In the mid-twentieth century, it is run by the principal M. Fond de l'Etang is a boarding school for troubled boys located in the French countryside.