How far would you travel to drive your kids to kindy, prep and primary school?

[Visitor7]

I'm with Mel, don't choose Caloundra high! I didn't go there, but remember what the reputation was like.
As for your question, 60km is too far for me as well. Furtherest I would go would be 15-20km, MAX.

[Traveller]

Personally, I wouldn't travel more than 10 or 15 mins to get to a school for my kids. There are so many after school activities, and friendships, that she will want to participate in that will be much harder if you are further away. Also as a PP has mentioned, having to rush to pick her up if she is sick is that much harder when you are a long way away.

In your shoes I would move house if I couldn't find a suitable school nearby.

[*Efjay*]

I am currently considering this also. Were I live we have 1 local school which is a 10 min drive away. So each day drive back & forth I am doing a total of 30kms anyway. Problem is we are beginning to have doubts in the school (well I have for a while & DH is finally catching on to my concerns also). Our main problem is the closest schools are not taking out of area kids (no room) & "closest" is a 30 min drive one way. So we would probably need to go further down the hill to get them in somewhere better. We would move happily back down the hill but finding a place that will have us (7 all up) is the hard bit.
So I might have to suck up the travel & just deal with it. But I really am unsure that our kids will stay at the local school.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Haha my closest option really is about 60kms away (120km round trip). Anything else is 100kms(200km round trip).
Thankfully, there will be a country bus service that my kids can use from the age of 4 (designated school bus).

[luna moth]

I wouldn't even drive five minutes.

I think they deserve a better future than the polluted air that driving to school, or just any of the excessive driving we do as a society gives them. That's more important to me than any other kind of education.

[Indadhanu]

It's not Caloundra High

Thanks everyone, and Mel, will have a look at Narangba Valley. It's a public school? Are there any school catchment issues from Bellmere?

[Arimeh]

It's not Caloundra High

Thanks everyone, and Mel, will have a look at Narangba Valley. It's a public school? Are there any school catchment issues from Bellmere?

I'm glad its not Caloundra High

And yup, its a public school. I don't think there is catchment issues otherwise my sister wouldn't be able to send hers there (would she? I don't know anything about catchment areas... when I hear that phrase I think of dams.. LOL)

[Indadhanu]

LOL dams!

I'm havibg a read of the website and it does say that there is a catchment area. There are *some* places available for out of catchment areas, but theres something on the Prep section which makes me think I wouldn't be able to.

[Arimeh]

Hmm. I'll ask my sister for you if you like?

Alex may already have been enrolled in there before she moved to Bellmere - maybe that makes a difference?