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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would caution against a long commute unless the school is an unusually good fit (in which case its worth it). Without knowing what 10 miles you would be driving its difficult to know how long it would take but my DS went to a school about 30 minutes away. He took a school bus so the daily commute wasn't too bad BUT every time there was a parent teacher conference or some other event we would be on the road longer than we were at the school. This was especially true at rush hour when the 30 minute drive would expand to much longer, it became a disincentive to go to events. Plus all of his friends were far away. We moved him closer and everyone's quality of life improved.[/quote]

I share this perspective even though I'm the PP who is traveling 15 miles each way to get to our school.  But we only do it because we can do it in 25 minutes.  Can't imagine we would subject our child to more than 30, even if we loved the school.  That's why I say focus on the driving time, not the mileage distance.

It's all very well for adults to suffer through long commutes to work, etc.  But even if kids can make use of a long commute time, they're still kids and they need down time, outdoors time, etc.  Childhood is too short, in my opinion, to be spending over an hour each day on a bus.[/quote]

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