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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The idea of having one child go to each school to "test them out" is just obnoxious and ridiculous. Do your due diligence as a parent, check out both schools, and see which one is the best fit for your family. The idea that it's like buying clothes and trying them on and then returning them later is a disservice to your kids, and to the schools. [/quote]

Oh, come on, stop with the hysteria.  People leave highly regarded charters all the time because the schools aren't the right fit.  There's no amount of due diligence that can account for every possibility.  OP is lucky enough to get first-hand experience at two good schools - in effect, she gets the chance to do more extensive due diligence than other parents - if she can make the transportation work, she absolutely should.  [/quote]

There is no hysteria, but fine, agree to disagree.  Of course there's no due diligence that accounts for every detail.  But guess what, responsible parents make decisions all the time based on the info they have and what they think is best for their families.  If it works for your family to cart two kids to different schools just because you can't figure out if you value Mandarin or not is not anything I'd do.  You would do it, more power to you.  But I think it's ridiculous and I would never do that to my own kids.  They are both good schools, but if Mandarin isn't a priority and I live near Haynes, why the heck would I go to both or YY at all?  It makes no sense.  I think ideas like "test drive them both!" feeds into a bizarre culture of irresponsibility "Just take it all, no need to decide!  Your kids won't be impacted if you just throw one into a school like an acid strip to test the school out because you as a parent can't figure out what is important!"

But OP, keep in mind, if you do enroll in both, you are stuck with that for the year.  There is no "Oh, what was I thinking, let me take that sib preference spot at Haynes that I turned down to send my 4 yr old to YY".  YY will have NO problem filling your 4 yr old's spot if you leave, but once you turn down Haynes (which you will have to do, you canNOT enroll your 4 yr old at both schools), then you're in it for the year or you're putting your 4 yr old in some other school.  But you are not calling Haynes up one month in and saying "On second thought...".  Not gonna happen.[/quote]

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