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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had the same debate in our house. Public for elementary makes sense, especially for being able to get there easily and for making neighborhood friends. Being able to walk to school instead of sit for an hour, playing on the playground right after school to get that fun exercise, parents being more easily able to participate and volunteer for school activities, saving that money toward college or nest egg for the kids, spending that money on amazing family vacations that expand your children’s horizon. To me public elementary is the clear winner.

Your children will get into some private or other when the time comes. [/quote]

Huh? Most of the private elementary kids I know aren’t sitting an hour to get to school. Mine goes to private and it’s a 15 minute car ride now instead of 5 minute car ride to public (and he took the schoolbus to public so it was 20 minutes on the bus). He plays on the private school playground after school with friends sometimes. Why can’t they…? [/quote]

OP said the private school they are considering is a minimum of 20-30 minutes. She said an hour round trip, so that’s what I’m basing my comment on. Certainly if some kids hang around after school at the private, OP’s kids can too. But she (or whoever drives them) will always need to wait for them while they play. If the public elementary is as close as she says, then at some point the kids can play and then walk themselves home. Or at least OP knows while waiting for them to finish playing that she doesn’t then have a tedious drive ahead but instead a short walk home. [/quote]

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