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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on the make up of the school - if most of the kids at the school also live "on the other side of town" your child will likely feel left out at times and you will feel like you are always driving.  If the "dream school" pulls from a wider geographic area, most people will be used to the drive and most kids will have school friends and sports friends and neighborhood friends.

We have two kids in privates, one in a more "neighborhood" school where we live about 8 miles (and across the river) away.  There are only a few other kids in the class not in the neighborhood and everything is centered in the neighborhood, including non-school related sports and other ECs.  We drive a lot and find many parents unwilling to "cross the river".

Our other DC goes to a school about 12 miles away, but it is not really a neighborhood school.  There are many kids from many different neighborhoods.  Parents have driven (and carpooled) for bday parties up to 30+ minutes away, before middle school sports, kids are involved in different teams from their different communities.  We feel more a part of the school community for the school that is slightly farther away and I think it is because we are not "different" for not living in the neighborhood.
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