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[quote=Anonymous]We enrolled our DC in a school that was further away and less convenient than the ones you’re considering. It was time consuming, more expensive than not traveling and limited outside school interaction with classmates. We thought it was worth it because the school was a perfect fit for DC, academically, socially, athletically and because it was a religious school, which was very important to us.  To be fair, it was also the least inconvenient of the schools we looked at, and we reluctantly ruled out an arguably “better” school because it would have had us in Beltway rush hour traffic 3+ hours a day.

If your kid is happy and successful in the local school and you think that will continue going forward, you have to ask what (other than peer pressure) makes you want a change. In our case, public wasn’t an option, both because of the religious aspect and because our local publics are not much good. (The principal of our local elementary had the their own kids in private.)

PP’s are correct, however, in observing that this is best considered in the context of in person visits, research, and even test drives to see what the commute is really like. We didn’t need a test drive for the school we picked because we were familiar with that commute. But the test drive to the school we reluctantly took off the list was an eye opener. [/quote]

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