A difficult choice

I am confused. I have shortlisted 2 schools for Mira to do her pre-KG - the WCC Nursery School inside the college campus and Vatsalya montessori.

I prefer to put her in the former but V prefers the latter. His main reason in favour of the former is a school van that can drop her home. Also it is not too far in case he needs to drop her in the mornings. The van as well as the school, set in a residential area, is air-conditioned. The fee would come to some Rs.18000 for a year. But then a montessori school is big business in Chennai. This seems the most reasonable of the montessori schools I have considered for Mira. There are no trees and shade like at patasala, but the rooms are spacious and they seem to have the necessary learning material.

The WCC nursery school is supposed to be damn good, as a couple of people vouchsafed, but then it is slightly far from home and they dont have a conveyance facility. Parents have to make arrangements to drop the child by 8.30 am sharp and pick her up at 2 pm. Food is provided (the kids are the guinea pigs of the Home Science students) and there is time for a mid-day nap too. The campus is pretty good and huge with lots of trees and plenty of space for kids to run around. V tells me he wont have the time to drop and pick her every day. A chauffer wouldnt be a safe option either in these days unless I get somebody reliable, such as a maid, to go along. The present maid, a young one at that, cant be trusted with that. I cant run the risk of her eloping with the driver :0

I would have liked to say that my daughter began her studies in WCC and finished it in the same place - of course after a gap of 15 years after the nursery level. But it is not to be.