How far do you drive to school?

[Anonymous]

How far would you be willing to drive for a school that's a great fit for young kids (pre-K/lower elementary)? I'm measuring the commute in time. 20 minutes? 30 minutes? Longer? How does that compare to average length of time on the bus for a public school?

[Anonymous]

I've driven 30-45 minutes and I don't recommend it. Drive 20-25 minutes for current school but that's a public school and except if you have the time, I don't recommend it as for pick up its not just the drive back and forth but also the wait time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How far would you be willing to drive for a school that's a great fit for young kids (pre-K/lower elementary)? I'm measuring the commute in time. 20 minutes? 30 minutes? Longer? How does that compare to average length of time on the bus for a public school?

Remember to consider that commute time when your DCs are in MS/HS. If at all possible, you do not want more than 20-30 one way as that's time that could be going into HW, ECs, jobs, etc.

[Anonymous]

I used to drive my little ones 30 min. to DC. It wasn't easy for them or me. In 3rd grade they started a different school. 12 minutes away from home-BLISS.

[Anonymous]

I was willing to drive in direction of my commute 15-20 minutes, but not in a different direction. We looked at variety of schools for pre-k kid but ultimately chose to apply to a couple of schools that were close by, and chose the one that is under 5 minutes drive.

[Anonymous]

We drive about 3.5 miles - 10-15 minutes. That's it.

[Anonymous]

The public school bus takes 20-30 minutes each way. For the kid; it’s the same commute time as would be for your kid, but for parents, bus is easier cause they don’t drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How far would you be willing to drive for a school that's a great fit for young kids (pre-K/lower elementary)? I'm measuring the commute in time. 20 minutes? 30 minutes? Longer? How does that compare to average length of time on the bus for a public school?

Do you release that every family’s situation is different? Your process here seems to be misguided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How far would you be willing to drive for a school that's a great fit for young kids (pre-K/lower elementary)? I'm measuring the commute in time. 20 minutes? 30 minutes? Longer? How does that compare to average length of time on the bus for a public school?

Do you release that every family’s situation is different? Your process here seems to be misguided.

OP is interested in others experiences. Nothing misguided about that.

[Anonymous]

10 mins

[Anonymous]

45 minutes. It’s brutal. House hunting to be closer and in our ideal neighborhood. We will be 15 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:45 minutes. It’s brutal. House hunting to be closer and in our ideal neighborhood. We will be 15 minutes.

Is it that far because of traffic?

[Anonymous]

Our commute is about 20 minutes - a little more or less depending on traffic. For the kids, it isn't that bad because they only go one way - it is a pain for me driving though because it means about 1.5 hours in the car a day. Think about that aspect too, that it is double for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:45 minutes. It’s brutal. House hunting to be closer and in our ideal neighborhood. We will be 15 minutes.

Is it that far because of traffic?

Yes traffic.

[Anonymous]

Also on top of the commute, add another 15 minutes or more for waiting in the carpool line!!