Why do some school systems split 6-8 into middle and others just 7-8?

[Anonymous]

What’s the reasoning?

[Anonymous]

The facility space cannot house any more students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The facility space cannot house any more students

This.

[Anonymous]

When I was a kid, we had 7-9 and high school was 10-12.

Having seen multiple school systems, I appreciate keeping 6th graders with other elementary school kids. They are big, some are adult-sized, but they're still little kids. Putting them with the 7th graders or 8th graders, they grow up too fast.

[Anonymous]

The school system where I grew up had K-4 elementary school 5-6 intermediate school, 7-8 middle school, 9-12 high school. I liked that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid, we had 7-9 and high school was 10-12.

Having seen multiple school systems, I appreciate keeping 6th graders with other elementary school kids. They are big, some are adult-sized, but they're still little kids. Putting them with the 7th graders or 8th graders, they grow up too fast.

My MS was 6-8 and it was awful as a 6th grader.

[Anonymous]

6-8 was a good fit for me (1980s) and my kids.

[Anonymous]

It really is building attributes versus need. How many students in each age group? Short and long term trends for your district? And - $$$$$.

Buildings are not easily adaptable and once property is sold it cannot be repurchased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid, we had 7-9 and high school was 10-12.

Having seen multiple school systems, I appreciate keeping 6th graders with other elementary school kids. They are big, some are adult-sized, but they're still little kids. Putting them with the 7th graders or 8th graders, they grow up too fast.

My kids are in a K-6th, then 7th-9th system. Several of the 6th grade classes seem to be bored of the elementary school by that time. It looks like they are ready for more challenges, and don't really participate in the "little kid" activities at the elementary. Maybe the solution is that 6th-8th should do a better job of supporting the new 6th graders.

[Anonymous]

This is interesting because most of the private schools in NYC split earlier rather than later. Lower school is K-4 while middle school is 5-8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school system where I grew up had K-4 elementary school 5-6 intermediate school, 7-8 middle school, 9-12 high school. I liked that.

This is my favorite model.

[Anonymous]

I grew up with different schools for K, 1-6, 7-9 and 10-12.

That school system is now K-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-12.

Based on my own experience, I was very glad to move from LCPS to FCPS and have my kids still in ES for 6th.

[Anonymous]

My middle school was 6-8 in the mid 90s. I liked middle school for the most part, it wasn't terrible for me at all. I do wish that it were more kid like though. Because we were kids, if your not careful I think midfle school does forces kids to grow up to fast. So I think dustricts should be at least k-6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid, we had 7-9 and high school was 10-12.

Having seen multiple school systems, I appreciate keeping 6th graders with other elementary school kids. They are big, some are adult-sized, but they're still little kids. Putting them with the 7th graders or 8th graders, they grow up too fast.

My kids are in a K-6th, then 7th-9th system. Several of the 6th grade classes seem to be bored of the elementary school by that time. It looks like they are ready for more challenges, and don't really participate in the "little kid" activities at the elementary. Maybe the solution is that 6th-8th should do a better job of supporting the new 6th graders.

What were they bored of? Maybe I was just a kid longer than most, but I would have loved 6th in elementary. Not a ton of homework, recess, halloween festivities, playing outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid, we had 7-9 and high school was 10-12.

Having seen multiple school systems, I appreciate keeping 6th graders with other elementary school kids. They are big, some are adult-sized, but they're still little kids. Putting them with the 7th graders or 8th graders, they grow up too fast.

Our school district did this mostly bc of school overcrowding, but it stuck around for many years.