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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no clue who is posting "hell no" from DC, because they're dead wrong. I presume they are from the suburbs and they are projecting what they [i]think [/i]their answers [i]would [/i]be if they lived here, but the reality is, the DC metro and the DC buses are packed in the morning with school kids--public and private. Starting in 5th grade, when she was 10, my daughter has taken the metro to school, camps, etc. by herself. We consider ourselves protective, upper middle class parents, but city living is city living and literally every other parent we know has been doing the same with their kids since 5th grade (when they all start leaving their local elementary schools we could walk to). And she loves the independence. She has a cell phone. We always go with her on her first day--it helps with everyone's nerves and it's a fun tradition.[/quote]

I'm a PP. We lived in DC for 15 years (with kids) and now live in Arlington. I stand by my opinion that I would not feel comfortable with a 6th grader riding public transit alone on a regular basis, but would be happy to have him/her go with a friend. My oldest kid started taking metro rail and bus alone regularly beginning in 9th grade.[/quote]

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