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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having had experience at both, I think the previous poster overstates the case for the neighborhood school, but is generally correct.

We found the parent involvement at the neighborhood school to be higher.  Of course, that could be due to a variety of factors unrelated to distance from school, but personally, I would be less inclined to schlep across town on a weeknight for a school event, so I do think there is some causation involved.

We also enjoy seeing other parents out and about in the neighborhood and that obviously didn't happen nearly as often w/r/t the citywide school.

Maybe the friend issue would become more significant as the years went by, but most of our child's close friends do not go to school with her, so that really wasn't an issue.

Assuming the schools are of relatively equal quality, I would rate distance as the most important factor.  How far is "further away"?  Our citywide school was still in the neighborhood, but I can't imagine having a 20-30 minute commute each morning to school, and then re-commuting to work.  The cost of that stress of the entire family should be weighed against the benefit of a marginally better school.

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Sorry!  By previous poster I meant the second post.[/quote]

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