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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I commuted 45 minutes as a child and by middle school i hated it.[/b]   i spent my life in the car.  when i had my own kids that was one thing i felt very strongly about in terms of parenting decisions.   i would never do that to my kids.

also you are being very optimistic with your time estimates.  25 miles (!!) away from any of the big3 schools could take an hour each way easily.  1.5 hours on some days.  there's no way you can count on making it in 35 minutes.   you'll be commuting in the very heart of rush hour each morning.
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[b]Our friends just moved from our neighborhood about 30 minutes away to be closed to their 7th grader's school because she hated being far away from her friends.  They said they'll live there until she graduates and then they'll come back here.  As someone who went to private school a few minutes away from my house growing up, I didn't appreciate how awesome it was.[/b]  [/quote]

We know a family who rented out their house in a farther out neighborhood and rented a new house near the children's schools.  They don't want to let go of their house, so they will move back when everyone graduates.  Kids are in three different privates at the moment (one K-8, one boys-only upper school and one girls-only upper school) so I get it.  That would drive me nuts though.  We are currently applying for pre-K (not DC) and I am very grateful that all of our options are within 10 minutes of our house. [/quote]

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