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[quote=Anonymous]Our kids did sixth grade as elementary school. I wouldn't recommend it; I wish sixth grade would have been the first year of middle school, for a few reasons. 1. There is a HUGE age and size difference between a kindergartener (5) and a sixth grader (12). Like night and day. My sixth graders would say how teachers would pop into the hallways to tell them (rather angrily) how they were walking too loudly. Why can't you be the like the cute first graders? 2. They would have kindergarteners call them giants, and ask: "Why are you at this school? You're too big!" 3. Not much was happening in sixth grade, learning wise. It was like our kids were marking time, treading water, and reviewing materials from past grades instead of getting that injection of new experiences, and new areas of study, that would have benefitted them tremendously. I remember my sixth graders saying they were so bored. Yeah, sixth should be middle school. Let's rip the band-aid off, FCPS.[/quote]
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