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[quote=Anonymous]OP, if you end up deciding a school with a strong outdoor component is truly important to you, you might consider selling that house, moving to Alexandria and sending your child to Burgundy. It's the only place that is close to what you describe. It's on an old farm, has a pond, a barn and woods, and even the smallest kids are outdoors for a substantial part of every day, no matter the weather. The lower school science teacher is terrific, too, and in science and many other subjects a lot of teachers is outdoors. I have some complaints about Burgundy's middle school, but the early childhood program and lower school are truly idyllic.

Most Burgundy parents work in DC. Depending where in DC you work, and what kind of hours you will have, the commute may not be nearly as bad as you think. I live in Alexandria, have kids at Burgundy and commute to Capitol Hill. My commute is shorter than that of colleagues who live in much of NW DC. We lived just off 16th St for a while, in Shepherd Park, and the commute from there was MUCH worse than from Alexandria. When I drive in to DC after dropping my kids off at Burgundy at 815, my commute is 35 mins. If I leave the kids in before care at 7 or go in at 945 it's 20 mins.[/quote]

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