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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if it's the nanny doing the driving, having your kid strapped into a car seat for that long every day is torture for the kid. Location is really important. Keep in mind, too, that the current low levels of traffic can easily cut commute time in half of what it will normally be.
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Thank you very much for the suggestion! We haven't decided where to live, but would like to take school options into consideration when we make the decision.[/quote]

Personally, I wouldn't take Pre-K into consideration when deciding where to live. I appreciate living close to a school and I think it can be a huge benefit (although realize that many of your children's classmates will live all over the place), but there are so many good Pre-Ks in the DC area that picking a place to live based just on that would be incredibly foolish.

I would place a priority on where jobs will be, since DC commutes can be sole-crushing. [/quote]

I agree with this poster. There are a lot of great preschools in the area, and it's such a short period of time that I don't think it makes sense to choose your location for a preschool. At the same time, work commutes can be BRUTAL. Our preschool commute was also on the way to work, which I appreciated. It made morning drop off a little more efficient, and it meant that the commute wasn't quite as long when I needed to go from work to school (e.g., for class parties or things like that).

Also make sure to look at the hours the preschool offers, if you'll need full day care for your child. Most have some sort of after care, but some only go until 5 pm or so, which can be tough if both parents are working standard 9-5 jobs (this was the case with NCRC when we were there a few years ago).

One other consideration is whether you may want to do private school after preschool. If you do, it makes sense to look at those schools for preschool, or preschools where a large amount of the kids usually go to private school after preschool. For the former, a lot of kids that go to the private school for preschool are likely to stay on for K and beyond, so you're child will be a part of that community if you want to stay. On the other hand, private schools that have an elementary component may not be as helpful if you want to apply elsewhere after preschool. For preschools where a lot of kids go to private school, those schools may be more helpful when you're applying for private elementary. Those schools tend to be in NW DC (NCRC is one), since NW DC parents are more likely to go the private route than parents in other areas. [/quote]

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