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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it odd how dismissive people are of the prospect of driving all the way across the park to get to a public school. This makes no sense to me - one of the major selling points of public school is its convenience. We're a Lafayette family and love the school, though we are switching to private for various reasons. But we live within two blocks of Lafayette and I can say with 100% certainty that I would not use a school that's a 10-15 minute drive in the wrong direction (i.e., away from my office, which is downtown). I don't need or want any extra time commitments in the morning before work. I recognize that in this case it means the school didn't get extra space, but a solution that is extremely inconvenient is not really a solution at all, and dismissing this legitimate logistical concern as snobbery or prejudice shows lazy thinking.[/quote]

I went to public school in an affluent suburb.  My mom drove us to elementary school.  The drive was probably seven minutes long.  The opposite direction for the train station.  So not a big deal in the grand scheme of things because she liked the school system so much.

You can walk to Lafayette for K up.  For Pre-K you could deal with a seven minute commute.  Or continue dealing with an overcrowded school or no pre-K program.  Or sell you fancy million + dollar house to build a second school building closer to Lafayette.  [/quote]

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