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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks to the PPs for the last few posts. Very helpful.

We will think through it more - there are certainly advantages to having DS be challenged. And work on EF skills.

As for the social aspect, we were concerned that if he's meeting a bunch of kids who probably won't be intensified in HS he'll have to make a whole new set of friends then. It's just a lot of social change in a few years so hoping to line him up with some possible friends who he'd be around for the next few years. But obviously friend groups aren't strictly academic and they can shift over the years so it probably doesn't really matter. 
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What school are you looking at? We are at Swanson and each grade is divided into three cohorts of about 100 kids each, I don't know if other schools do it this way as well.  They are a mix of kids in terms of academic ability, IEPs, GT, etc.  Beyond that, they mix during electives such as band, art, foreign language and of course extracurriculars.   [/quote]

Other middle schools do this, too.
If you're Wakefield bound, they divide freshmen into "houses" that each have their basic team of teachers. Kind of continues the middle school approach and keeps you with a core group of classmates, at least for your core classes. But a freshman class is so big anyway, it's not like you're following the same kids from class to class.
Can't stress extracurricular activities - a sport, band, or club of great interest - enough![/quote]

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