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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only in DC would there be a one-year ninth grade school. That would be pretty ridiculous.[/quote]

I went to a 9th grade school in the 80s. It was an old elementary school that was dedicated to the 9th grade.  10-12 main campus.[/quote]

This is what I did.  Alexandria VA used to have (maybe still has) a 9th grade school, plus a separate school for 10-12.  It was great.  And it didn't feel like another year of middle school.

You got to transition to high school without the pressure.  You could do sports/theater/arts/etc with the high school (it helped that the schools were just about three blocks away) so by the time you started 10th grade you were on much more comfortable footing.  Honestly it still strikes me as odd that more school districts don't employ this.[/quote]

Or, even better considering how big Wilson is, you get to do sports/theater/arts/etc with just other 9th graders, so that there's actually space for you and you could contemplate trying new activities.[/quote]

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