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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Yes, for pre-school, but we would hope to stay at whatever school we start in through 5th grade.  These posts have been helpful.  Keep them coming!  For what it is worth, the IB school is a few blocks away, and the city-wide school we are considering would be a 30-min walk (at an adult pace) or a 10-min drive, not in the complete opposite direction of work, but not directly in the path either.  I do not think the schools  are exactly equal.  If I did, I would give the IB school the edge automatically b/c of proximity.  The city-wide school is definitely more established and probably has fewer teachers "who no one wants to have."[/quote]

But, would you really be walking those few blocks?  Or would you end up driving anyway?  Trying to get a 3-4 year old to walk a few blocks may take you more than 10 minutes in any event.  And as someone else noted, you really can't use a stroller unless you plan on walking it back home.  I'm not saying this is universal, but the vast majority of parents I see walking their kids to school are stay at home moms.

That's not to say that driving 5 minutes is still not a heck of a lot better than driving 15 minutes.

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