minara ... all i know that from Al Khor to Doha will take 45 mins to commute each way (might be more with the traffic situation at presents). Means your kid will have an extra 2 hrs to spend on the road.

Just in case you don't get much respond on this forum, why dont you drop the same message in expatwoman.com in Qatar section? Majority poster in that forum are ladies / expatwives. Hopefully they can help you.

Talking about buses ... I honestly dont trust the bus driver here. They drive like lunatic eventhough carrying a school children in it. We at some points might have to move to mesaieed ... and have discussed to my husband that i will commute Mesaieed - Doha return for school run.

Good luck with the moving.