So we are having to move house and can only afford properties around 20 mins away in a different town. Hubby and I want to keep our ASD boys at the school they are at (year 3 and one is due to start reception in sept) as the class sizes are so small (around 12 in each year group) and that's worked so well for our eldest. But our MIL thinks we are "giving in to our 8 year old who doesn't want to change schools" by not moving to a school closer to our new house and shouldn't be dictated by a child....
Well the issue is, id love to keep the boys there, but 20 mins each way twice a day and we both work full time. I would have to use my lunch break to do the school run which means no break in my day which I can deal with, but we have after school activities which means I'd not actually get a break til around 8.30ish in the evening when I would then do my washing etc once everyone's asleep. It would be simpler to go to a local school... But it's the large class sizes and concerns with change for our boys, particularly the eldest does not cope well with change and the MIL thinks it wouldn't be fair on me, and also that we are giving in to a child's wants.
Do we just make do with the commute and just face the fact I'm just gunna have it full on and deal with it. Is 20 mins to school reasonable?