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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]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.[/b] 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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There is a big difference, IMO, between choosing an expensive preschool if it is also your neighborhood preschool, and schlepping 45 minutes each way for a 1/2 day expensive preschool program when your work schedules aren't flexible. If OP wants to reap the socio-economic benefits from going to this preschool, I would suggest that instead she use that money to rent in a good neighborhood, where her child will still gain those benefits AND have the benefit of a good neighborhood public elementary, without losing the opportunity to apply to upper-tier schools in the future.[/quote]

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