Our CC also claims DE is for juniors and seniors only, at least age 16, but also has policies for taking younger learners on a case-by-case basis, probably partly because since homeschoolers can arbitrarily change the grade of their students anyway, they needed a policy that wouldn't be summarily worked around. All of the CCs in the state system actually can allow younger learners, but only some of them post their policy publicly. It's worth asking. Online classes shouldn't have issues with chaperoning.
Aufilia, that's annoying, that you had to pay for the class too! Back in the day, my mother accompanied one of my sibs (then 9) to class for the first few weeks, but only for her own peace of mind--and no one made her pay for it. But of course, it was a different time, with different liability.
