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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see the cadre of under 7th graders using the metro with, or without their parents.

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All the Deal 6th-8th graders use public transportation.[/quote]

And they all live in DC.  That won't be true of GDS kids.  And most of the Deal kids take Metrobus, don't they?   There have been maybe a half dozen kids max at GDS MS in any given year who rode the bus to the Dupont Metro.  By contrast, lots of parochial school kids (of the same age, sometimes with younger sibs in tow), took the same bus.  Basically just because people can take Metro doesn't mean they will take Metro, especially if the don't live near a station.  And people who will take Metro often won't ride buses.

In other words, I think both quoted posters are right.  A few more middle school kids will use Metro to get to school if the campus moves to Tenleytown.  More could, but they won't for a host of reasons -- not comfortable doing it, hard to get from station to house, have to get to afterschool activities that aren't transit-accessible in the relevant timeframe, someone has to drive to school to fetch younger kids anyway, stuff to be schlepped, etc.[/quote]

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