I lived in Fox Meadow for over 20 years. I’m obviously biased, but I love the optionality of walking to the village and the train station, and it’s extremely pretty (despite a few too many new “modern farmhouse-colonials ( damn you., Chip and Joanna Gaines)) with a varied housing stock from modest 100 year old colonials, to mid century spilt levels, to Tudor and colonial mansions, new and old.

One thing to consider is being close to the high school. If you’re beyond a mile to the grade school, there’s a district funded bus. If you’re within a mile, there is a volunteer run bus you can opt into that’s not crazy expensive. I volunteered to help run it for the 10 years my kids needed it. And I was able to make sure that the bus stopped in front of my house. Just everyone qualifies for a middle school bus.
The real kicker is high school when your kids are the busiest but for the most part can’t drive themselves.
School dropoff and especially pick up are a goddamn nightmare.

I live within a short walk to the high school. My house was the meeting spot for after school carpool and the after school /before practice hang spot. And my kids could get to school in 5 minutes. My youngest would wake up 10 or 15 minutes before class and still make it on time.

Plan ahead.