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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the mean girl behavior is much more prevalent in schools with a high percentage of UMC girls.  My DD does to a high FARMS school (but we are UMC) and says there are no “mean girls” or “popular girls” type groups.  It is a very diverse group of kids and they all manage to get along [/quote]

I work in a high FARMS school and I disagree that there is no hierarchy--I think it just looks different than it does in the UMC crowd. It sounds like your dd is generally popular and well liked so she isn't mixed in with the drama. That's a good thing! :) [/quote]

There is always a hierarchy.  It’s human development.[/quote]

DD is at a high FARMS, highly diverse school and there are many different types of "popular" so she isn't seeing the type of drama that some of her friends at less diverse UMC schools are describing. It may depend more on how diverse a school is versus SES. Overall she's really happy in MS and many of her classmates too.[/quote]

This may be partially true but my kid goes to Title 1 schools and fifth grade was very similar to OPs post.  We nearly pulled her out of school.  Middle school was much better.  Larger group of kids (300 per grade vs 80) made it easier to stay out of the drama.
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