I've only got a 5 minute drive, but there are heaps of families at my dds' school that travel 20 - 30 minutes to get to school. ( i know they love school holidays lol ) If you really love the Christian School, I'd say go for it. Who knows, you may make friends their who live near you - and you could do some car pooling.
when I was a kid Mum used to drive us about 15 minutes to catch the school bus which would then take us the rest of the way. So I think that a 20 km return trip is nothing personally.
I suppose the way that I would look at it is - if you love the school then what sacrifices are you willing to make to send your child there? Is the extra time in the car worth it to you? I also think that once you are in the car it is realistically only about and extra 20 minutes a day which in the grand scheme of things isn't a huge amount.
I think from your post that you would align better with the private school as it would be the same as your belief system and if religious education is important to you, then you would probably be a bit dissappointed in what the public school has to offer in that regard kwim? So for the extra few km's each day I think it would be worth it in the long run.
I used to drive my kids about 10k to school. It never really bothered me. There was also school bus they could catch but it left too early for us to be ready so I'd drive them.
I think it would really depend on the school in which you prefer. Distance wouldn't really matter.
For us it's a 36k drive to the high school, we're just lucky we have a bus that comes to the gates, so we only have to drive 3k's. There is another high school about 25 k's away but I didn't think it was as good as the one we choose for the girls. Hmm not at all what you asked was it LOL.
OUr school is about a 15 min drive. Can be 25 mins if its raining...
Like you we had the dilema of 'what school?'////// , we have a public school 2 streets away from our home - we could walk there. Or we had the choice of a private school (catholic school). We ummed and ahhed a lot this time last year when we had to make the decision....even though both are different schools essentially in their teachings, distance DID come into our decision making process. It cuts into a lot of your day, it effects wear and tear on car, etc.
We decided to travel the distance, and send our children to the catholic school.
Only negative i can see evolving....her little friends dont live anywhere near us - they live 20 mins away. Not a major problem i guess. I guess i always remember walking home with my school friends, or going over to their homes 1 street away. I guess our children wont have that....but you cant have it all i suppose...
I think from your post that you would align better with the private school as it would be the same as your belief system and if religious education is important to you, then you would probably be a bit dissappointed in what the public school has to offer in that regard kwim? So for the extra few km's each day I think it would be worth it in the long run.
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