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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a PK-12 lifer from a Big 3, who is a parent of a rising K and we didn't pick a PK/K-12 when we were picking last year.  My PK-12 ended up not being a great fit for me in high school but it was a "good enough" fit and it would have been hard to leave at the end of 8th.  The school was not supportive of kids like me that were doing well academically leaving even if the kid felt like it wasn't a good fit. I could hack it academically but only with extreme effort on my part that made me fairly miserable but I got good grades.  I didn't want that to happen to my kid so we picked a PK-8 and we can reassess at that point.  [/quote]

I have a similar story, but backwards: didn't get into a K-12 in an earlier grade, went to a K-8 (which I loved), and ended up getting in for 9th. Not that all K-8s are perfect, but they tend to invest significantly in the middle school experience and everyone has this buit-in/celebratory transition point when they're old enough to have real opinions.

Sure, you can apply out of any school at any grade, but I think folks tend to underestimate how hard it can be – mentally, emotionally, socially. You have to know yourself and your kid and commit to reevaluating if the fit isn't there anymore.[/quote]

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