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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is in third grade. Parents are enraged about the two hour delay. These kids are 8-9 years old. Some of these people live 1-2 blocks away from school. There is no reason why a 9 year old can’t walk a block to school alone and parent can go to work.

Not talking about parents of younger kids.

At what age would you let your kid go to the bus stop or walk to school by themselves?

I remember walking home from school alone in kindergarten. I lived a block away. This was in the eighties.[/quote]
Walking to school at 8-9?  Fine.  Being left alone for two hours?  Not even sure that's legal.[/quote]

I don’t know anyone who would consider this for a 3rd grader. Some might consider it in 4th. A lot more (probably the majority) in 5th. Some would holdout until middle school. Most parents seem to drop before/aftercare in 5th grade +/-  year. 3rd is too young for sure and well outside the norm. Not even sure this scenario would be legal TBH. [/quote]

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