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[quote=Anonymous]I live in a state north of you, but the public schools here are K-5 and 6-8. I think it has worked well. The students seem eager to leave their neighborhood elementary schools and meet new kids at the middle school. The middle schools try to separate 6th graders from 7th and 8th graders. 6th grade is considered a transition year, and there is a lot of "hand holding" to walk them through the procedures and expectations, as well as strong reinforcement of study skills so they will be able to handle the more intense coursework in 7th and 8th. One of my children attended private school, and middle school was grades 5-8. The 6th grade was bigger than the 5th grade because they add a lot of students in 6th and 9th grades. They tended to have the 5th and 6th grades separate from the 7th and 8th grades because of the developmental differences. It was an interesting concept that imo also worked well, but they had the facilities to do this successfully.[/quote]
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