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[quote=Anonymous]With the DC public pre-k lottery looming, I'm (against my more fatalistic instincts!) envisioning a blissful future in which our 3-year-old actually gets into our very good, walkable IB school. That leaves her little sister in a daycare that we adore but that is really, really hard to get to (I've switched jobs since we started there and now work from home.)
I had a truly nightmarish experience with a nanny before the 3-year-old started daycare but I know that other people have wonderful experiences. My new job is much more flexible and we would really only need somebody from 8/9 am to 2 pm or so. We also have a nice basement apartment on Capitol Hill (rents for 1600 a month) that we could throw into the deal.
What I would want is a part-time very well-qualified nanny (as in someone who might ultimately qualify as a high-end nanny, but is still studying for a master's, etc.) Such people are frequently employed by my daycare on a full-time basis, but is it possible to hire somebody like this on your own? And what would you have to pay such a nanny, if the apartment was built in as part of the compensation? Do people do that? And would we have to pay health care? 
More generally, is this a really dumb idea? The unnecessary daycare commute is maddening, but our first nanny experience was almost catastrophic (ended in an awful trip to the emergency room) and I'm a little skittish. Thanks for your help.

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