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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not recommend driving 13 miles to school to school, or even 5, unless you’re going to hire someone to do it (nanny or au pair). It’s just too far. [/quote]

OP here. Dad and I have thrown around the idea of having someone drop DC off at school and I would be able to pick him up. I'm just not sure on how to go about finding that someone. We would only need them for about 2 hours a day. [/quote]

Advertise on care.com or other places you'd look for a sitter.

Another option is to hire an after-school nanny to pick up child, bring home and play, and start dinner for you. That may work out to be not much more expensive than after care would be, and for some kids the school day is long enough without the 2-3 hours of aftercare tacked on at the end.[/quote]

This may help with parent's commute, but doesn't take away the two hours a day the 3 year old could be in the car. There is no DCPS/Charter that is worth commuting 13 miles to as a 3 year old. I say this as a parent in a "HRCS" that would happily send kid to any school below (especially for PK3-K). I would go to Appletree in a heartbeat. If I were you, my list would look something like this. Then reevaluate after or before K and again before 3rd. Some below don't accept OOB initially for PK3.

Stokes EE
Van Ness
Appletree SW
Amidon-Bowen
Appletree Lincoln
Payne
CHM@L (although idk if I would go that far north)
Friendship Chamberlain
DC Prep Benning 
DC Scholars
Early Childhood Academy
JO Wilson (although idk if I would go that far north)
Ketchum 
Kipp Arts and Tech
Kipp Discover
Ludlow Taylor
Seaton

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OP here. I have a couple of these on my list. I will have to go back and research the others. [/quote]

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