While I do not regret at all commuting for the program he is in now, I have more recently felt that what we have given up in time, etc. has not been worth what we have been getting from the program. I felt just the reverse the first few years.
Much of what you wrote applies to our family, too. Our two youngest have been in a private school that's a 30-minute commute. It was worth it until this year, when two things happened. Fisrt, the math teacher changed, and we've been unhappy with her in the extreme. Second, the homework requirements for both kids have increased, and homework plus a big commute doesn't work out well. The commute eats too much free time. They're going to switch to a school that's 5 minutes away next year.
