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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think your older child’s best and only option is McArthur. Ignore the haters, it’s a fine school. My daughter will likely end up there and I am happy with it (our IB is Eastern and would not consider that an option at least in comparison). So you’ll do best to design the rest of your commute to be as close to that as possible so your child isn’t floating around the city for 3 hours a day on transit.

I agree Hyde would be ideal but rarely has lottery spots after 3rd grade. It’s a great school so I hope I’m wrong, as that would be the best option location wise. Go ahead and call their office and ask if they think they may pull any 4th graders. Mention that you have a McA student you’re trying to align commutes. Worst they can do is confirm 4th grade is full and no plans to pull from waitlist. Best is they check and maybe decide to pull a few ahead of you and maybe those all turn it down til it gets to you (many people do Hyde as a backup but change their mind due to the location when actually getting a spot - my family did that in a previous year, but we took a spot last year and turns out we don’t mind the commute at all). If you do get in, there are other Hillcrest and Ward 7/8 families so you may luck into a carpool.

I agree with the PP that adding a post lottery choice of Thomson for the younger (the D94 bus picks up nearby, might be able to time it right to drop the older child so they are at least just doing one bus in the morning) and Stevens EC as well. Chisholm is another good idea to at least be on some kind of home to McArthur path (it’s close to 395).

If you work from home and are flexible enough that you can work early before the commute and in the evenings after, you can make this work for a school year then try for something closer to McArthur for the younger child next year.

Good luck and I wish the best for you and your kids![/quote]

That’s still a 3 hour daily commute for the older daughter and for OP. Is that really doable? Chosing Eastern at this point is probably more sensible. I am gathering that OP is a single mom so she needs to actually focus on keeping her job. if she is driving her kids to and from school that means she is out of commission for a long chunk of the working day. OP made a poor choice and needs to triage. [/quote]

Ok so I have close friends in brookland and their daughter attends McA and she reports a 90 minute commute also. It’s not ideal and I’m researching a company now for morning drop off at minimum. I’m sure I also have neighbors I can car pool with… I’m researching that now.

While I am a single mother, I’m self employed and work from home most days. I have the means to have private transportation as well. [/quote]

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