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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's NCRC, it's a big leg up in getting into schools like Beauvoir, Sidwell, Maret and GDS, but not a guarantee by any means. It's also a wonderful experience in and of itself, for the child and the family (great community). But for OP, hard to say if it's worth the commute and difficult logistics. Will/would it be more manageable a year on, when your DC is there a full day? If so, it might be worth the short-term hassle.[/quote]

Great! So then you get to deal with the same situation for the next 12+ years, multipled in spades because all of the schools you mention are $30K per year. And equally far from OP.[/quote]

Those schools aren't $30K when you qualify for aid; they cost whatever the aid formulas determine your family can afford to pay. And OP seemed to be saying it was the half day that made the logistics difficult. Fwiw, I come from a background like OP's and somewhat accidentally fell onto the private school track. We applied to NCRC because we lived a few blocks away, having no idea it was a feeder to the kinds of schools our kids now attend. Once we saw what NCRC and these ongoing schools had to offer, we made the choice to make it work financially, even though it means a fair amount of sacrifice. We don't have the logistics issues that OP has, but I'm saying that I completely understand the appeal. It has been worth it for us.
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