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Reply to "Why do some school systems split 6-8 into middle and others just 7-8?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with K-5, 6-8, 9-12... I don't recall the transition in 6th grade being particularly difficult for me or any of my friends, we quite enjoyed it and frankly it was a relief not to be single-classroomed anymore with kids of widely varying skill levels. I was basically a TA in 5th grade during math time because they had no materials left that I hadn't mastered already. My sense are there are pros/cons, some kids better served and ready for MS in 6th, for others the extra year in ES helps... but I think it's mostly tinkering in the margins. School district populations shift over time (decades), so I suspect that may have something to do with it as well, the matching between facilities and past decisions and cohort sizes vs. current class cohort sizes.[/quote]
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