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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@ 11:26, me neither.  I grew up in the DMV, and initially DC did not have "middle schools". We had PK-6 (elementary), junior high school (7-9 grades) with most kids leaving in 8th to get into selective high schools, and HS (9-12 grades). We too had a fully equipped playground and blacktop area to play on for 30 minutes in ES.

I know of a charter school in DC that starts their middle school in 4th grade...imagine my shock. Times sure have changed. Kids just need to be kids. [/quote]

This is a total aside but my understanding is that the advent of middle school stems from the fact that no one quite knows what to do with 6th graders.  They are way too big and old to be in school with the truly little kids but also not nearly mature enough for the social or academic life that 7th and 8th graders have.  And the maturity/size can differ within the grade too (especially comparing girls to boys).  The whole grade is kindof a world to itself and educators have been struggling with how to handle them.  Personally I kind of like having the 5th graders in the middle school as long as 5th and 6th grade is one cohort and 7th and 8th grade is another.  That would give the 5th and 6th graders space to be "kids" away from the much more developed and academic 7th and 8th graders and also separate them from the truly little kids in the lower grades.[/quote]

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