Got into EW Stokes East End PK4... Worth the Commute??

[Anonymous]

Happy Thursday everyone! My DD just got off the waitlist for PK4 at Stokes East End. Is it worth the commute? We live in Petworth and work in NOMA. So, 30 minutes to drop DD off and 20 minutes to get to work from Stokes. What you do this? Is it worth it? Our only other option is Appletree for another year and to play the lottery again.

[Anonymous]

If you find neighbors to carpool with, I think it can be worth it.

Is your IB really not an option? If you didn't get in anywhere next year what would you do? Why not do it now?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, Truesdell is a no go for me after PK. That’s a great question. I don’t know. I guess we’d cry (lol, jk). Maybe, I would consider private or end up in the same exact situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, Truesdell is a no go for me after PK. That’s a great question. I don’t know. I guess we’d cry (lol, jk). Maybe, I would consider private or end up in the same exact situation.

Time to move.

[Anonymous]

We live in Bloomingdale and got in but decided to stick with our IB. There is no DCI guarantee anymore, so that was a big factor.

[Anonymous]

I would only do it if you really, really want French. Or if it's Spanish and you would have some hope of moving to a Spanish school closer to home.

[Anonymous]

The fact that your commute to work is so short makes it doable.

[Anonymous]

Do it if you can hire a sitter to pick up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, Truesdell is a no go for me after PK. That’s a great question. I don’t know. I guess we’d cry (lol, jk). Maybe, I would consider private or end up in the same exact situation.

Why is it a no go after PK4? What did you see at the school when you toured that you didn’t like?

[Anonymous]

We’d be in the absolutely no camp if in your shoes. Soul sucking commute. Hiring a babysitter saves you some inconvenience and gets you to work on time but subjects your 3yo to an hour or more commute a day. No thanks. If your kid is okay where they are, sit tight and hope for better in the K and 1st lotteries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’d be in the absolutely no camp if in your shoes. Soul sucking commute. Hiring a babysitter saves you some inconvenience and gets you to work on time but subjects your 3yo to an hour or more commute a day. No thanks. If your kid is okay where they are, sit tight and hope for better in the K and 1st lotteries.

This. The long commute will be hard on everyone and preclude you doing anything else. Might not seem like a big deal when your child is 3, but with a 5yo you might want to do something more structured in the evenings like reading practice or giving your child a household responsibility or whatever. A long commute will make that super hard.

[Anonymous]

Thats a brutal commute both ways- have you seen Benning road at rush hour? Your estimates are best case scenarios, with no traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thats a brutal commute both ways- have you seen Benning road at rush hour? Your estimates are best case scenarios, with no traffic.

Right. I don't think you can get from East End to Noma in 20 minutes in am rush hour.

[Anonymous]

The commute will be a good time to further bond with your child. Life isn’t easy when you really want something. The commute is the same as when you put it on the lottery list. Go on Mapquest to find multiple possible routes to try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The commute will be a good time to further bond with your child. Life isn’t easy when you really want something. The commute is the same as when you put it on the lottery list. Go on Mapquest to find multiple possible routes to try.

Actually the location was announced later.