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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Capitol Hill is relatively close to most of those schools, competed to other places in the DC area.
Right now, google maps has a 30 minute drive from the US Capitol to Ivymount, a 35 minute drive to Auburn SS, and a mere 20 min to the Lab school.[/quote]

Sorry, I’ve done the commute to Auburn from Capitol Hill (for their Camp Aristotle).  It takes a soul-crushing 50 minutes of horrible driving (one-way) on the beltway, or insane urban driving through the city itself.  How about putting down Google maps and trying the actual drive through rush-hour traffic.

I haven’t driven to Ivymount, but I have driven endless times to Rockville.  On a Saturday it’s 40 minutes one-way.  Ditto on a weekday around 11 am.  I have learned the hard way to never schedule an appointment with our Rockville-based specialists during a time that has us driving during commuting hours, as then it takes 60-70 minutes.

And Lab is 30 minutes, which is doable, except you repeatedly miss the critical point that LAB DOES NOT ACCEPT KIDS WITH ASD (see ENDLESS threads on this topic).

In any case, like I’ve said, these commutes are feasible if one’s child is publicly funded and this receives transportation.  They are not feasible for a working parent to do twice daily round trip.[/quote]

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