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[quote=Anonymous]I understand that the bigger problem for FCPS is the size of the MS, there isn't room to add another grade and that is not likely to change. That is probably the best reason to not have 6-8 in MS. My friends in LCPS are fine with their kids going to middle school as 6th graders, it has not been an issue. The school I attended in California had MS from 7-9, the HS was 10-12. Class sizes were large, 600 kids, and I think they wanted to avoid really massive HS. Most the kids in my son's 8th grade class are 13/14 years old. I don't know of any 15-year-old in the group that moved from his ES to MS. One his good friends is an October birthday, same year, and is in 7th grade as a 13-year-old. I am going to guess that 15 in 8th grade is rare. I think that 11/12 6th graders are fine in a MS environment. The current cut off for enrollment would make it hard for a kid to be 10 in sixth grade. I don't see much harm in having an 11-14 year old age gap at a school. [/quote]
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