T is 3.5 and goes to a preschool program 3 days a week from 8-3. I work on those 3 days and we have a nanny for R (11 months). The nanny usually does either the drop off or the pick up since R is usually napping around at least one of the nap times. The school is about 15 mins from us now. It's a Reggio Emilia school and we have loved it. T was there 2 days a week last year in the toddler program. But it is really expensive (it was the only option when we moved to the area and then we just ended up really liking it).

So, now we are moving to the next town over. We're buying a house and presumably this is the town where T will attend kindergarten. He will still attend preschool next year though since he won't be old enough for K until the following year.

Our move brings us 20 mins away from the current school. There is a Montessori school 5 mins away from the new house that is well regarded. We plan to send him there in the fall (or perhaps even for some of the summer camps this summer....since school is technically out of session). Right now, there is only a spot for him 2 days a week, though. So, he would go to school 2 days, with the nanny one day, and home with me 2 days. It's a bit less expensive than the other preschool (less per year...and with only going 2 days is an additional $350 cheaper a month, since we pay our nanny the same for 1 or 2 kids).

We have pre-paid a portion of the year already, but our next balance is due in December. We plan to close 12/15.

So, my question is would you switch your 3.5 year old's preschool halfway through the year based on what I've written? At first, I didn't want to rock the boat with a new house, move, and new school. But as I'm thinking about it, 2 hours in the car (even if divided by me and the nanny) in the snow sounds terrible. Do you think switching school philosophies is a bad idea, too? WWYD?