What about carpooling with other parents? Or, paying someone to drive him to/from school?

Sounds like a great system in Florida to get that scholarship. Congratulations!

We looked at a private school that would have been a 1 1/2 hour drive each way (at least, more depending on rush hour traffic). It is an excellent school but we decided against it because of the drive, the price ($20,000/year), and Pud's age. It is a very rigid school and we might look at it again later but it just wasn't for us right now. Might regret that later . . .

Back to you, Belle, would the school offer any kind of after school care that maybe would make the day a little longer so that it made sense to go home and back? Or maybe a day care close to the school that runs a bus service to/from school? I'm just thinking that if you had long enough at home, it would be worth your while. But, at 5, making the day longer might not work for him. Just some thoughts.