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[quote=Anonymous]Even with a car, I found a similar commute to a charter absolutely soul crushing. There will be traffic/road/construction/emergency issues beyond your control that add lots of time to your commute and feel like they subtract years from your life. Going across town--in either direction--just SUCKS. A bus commute just adds more to the issues beyond your control. I realize this works out for lots of people, but for me, raising kids in DC and getting them the education I thought they deserved (my kids are run-of-the-mill above-average students that abound in the DMV, no extra needs for support or enrichment) in the end was just exhausting. Chasing the lottery, keeping up with the ever-rotating issues at two different charters, driving all over the city for dropoff/pickup plus activities--it was not for me. When we moved to Montgomery County (my eyes are open - every district has its issues), it was a game changer. My kids thrived with a stable group of peers (who lived nearby), the freaking JOY of putting them on the yellow school bus was an enormous weight lifted, their middle-of-the-pack elementary & middle schools offered 10x more than anywhere we'd been in DC, and the commute for DH and I (both hybrid), was not radically worse. 
I know this is not what you asked for, but I see an exhausting future for your family of 5 trying to make this work year after year, finding a place that works for all the kids, has a decent middle school, is a reasonable commute, etc. There are alternatives to living in DC. I wish you the best.[/quote]

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