I think so much depends on the individual children involved that that's what you have to look at. My first thought is a question - your children are far enough apart in age, I wonder how long they would be able to be at the same school anyway? And do you think there lives would in any way overlap at school? Do they want to be together - does it matter to them?
My kids have been in different schools - it's been ok in some ways, and it hasn't worked in some ways. When they were in different schools we just explained it to them as having them in schools that best fit each child - and we found good things about each school to emphasize with the child that was going there. Over time, our gang eventually all migrated to one school, not so much to be together but because they saw how cool the school was once one of them was attending it
The one way I felt that it didn't work was our youngest child felt left out and questioned why she was at the school she was at if her other sibs weren't.
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