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[quote=Anonymous][quote=saugustine]We are in a conundrum and if any of you good souls can help is with some advise we would greatly appreciate it.

We live in Lakeridge, VA and have bought our townhome 10 years ago long before we had our daughter so we were not looking into local schools much. Our local school is overcrowded so we decided to send our daughter to Aquinas Montessori school in Alexandria, VA. This school is 40-45 mins away from where we live and 25 mins away from where we work. We thought we can manage the drive but are having second thoughts. We looked into houses close to the school but prices are high while doable. Our initial idea was not to move for private school i.e. pay for expensive house + private school tuition but are rethinking our decision. The issue is that we still don't know where she will go for middle school and we may have to move again in 6-8 years for middle school.

To make our decision difficult we live in a good area with lots of nature around us - we are at waterfront and see eagles, foxes, dears, all kinds of birds and we think living close to nature will be important for our child. But at the same time worry about daily commute for her (we are used to commute living in the DC metro area)

Our questions are - is 40 to 45 mins drive one way too much? should we move to attend private school? or should we move to a good public school district?   [/quote]

Go to private and move closer in or find private closer to current home. Friends will live closer to whatever school she ends up at and it will affect her social life and also long commute back and forth. [/quote]

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