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[quote=Anonymous]We are a working class family and we recently got accepted to a really fantastic private preschool. We applied for FA and are pretty confident we'll get at least some (65K combined income).  To us, who both grew up really poor, this is a huge opportunity for our son. It could mean better chances for private school.  Right now it means getting an incredible start to his education - getting to love school and learning in general at this age.  Mostly, we want our son to have more than we had... which is what we all want right? So we're committed to making it happen if we can.  The problem comes with logistics.

We don't live ANYWHERE near the school. It took us 45 minutes to get there, but maybe we could learn some new routes. Anyway, not our neighborhood school.  It's a 3 day program and half days.  How the heck to we get him there and what do we do with him for the first half of the day??  The two days he is home, we have a plan.  We just don't have any clue what to do with him for the first half of the day on school days.

Is there anyone out there who deals with this? What do you do? Can you find other kids in similar situations and share a babysitter?  With a car?  How on earth do you find other people in this situation?

And is all this effort worth it? Because we think it is.  But we were not raised with the cultural knowledge about how private schools work, about how important these "hard to get into" preschools are, and whether it's worth it in the face of massive inconvenience.

We're also worried about whether we can afford a second child if we go this private school route. But that's another story.[/quote]

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