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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Seems like the biggest consideration is the commute. I looked at the bus schedule and it seems like from where we are, the kids are on the bus for nearly an hour.

Are there other Pyle-zoned families that can tell us that the commute is worth the program?

We know that we haven't gotten a spot from the lottery yet, but trying to mentally prepare because I know the turn around time to accept if we do get a spot is very quick. [/quote]

Not Pyle but Bethesda.  DCs at Eastern and Takoma magnets. We carpooled in the AM. Carpool carefully selected for close neighbors.   Kids took bus home in PM - either directly afterschool or the "activities bus" which dropped off in a cluster elementary that was reasonably close to home but required pick up by car.

Neither kid complained about 1 hr plus bus ride - since others on bus were also magnet kids (from Takoma and Blair and Eastern), they made a lot of friends and socialized.  Sometimes they did their homework on the bus, sometimes they used it as downtime.  Not sure bus time matters as much to kids as parents. It is the only time of the day they have without parental supervision or more than basic safety rules or any obligation to do anything. My kids always loved that.

Both programs well worth commute and shaped for the better DCs academic and life trajectory.  Both schools have a wider SES than home school and both kids feel this was a beneficial part of their education - to recognize other people's life circumstances a navigate racial and SES differences with dignity to all. (Peers taught this, not necessarily teachers at the programs.)

Agree with others that you accept automatically and then take time to look at specifics. AIR, there is an accepted students day. Not sure if this is happening post-pandemic again. [/quote]

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