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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids left a much discussed k8 after sixth grade. We left because it was time and we knew there was more out there. I never regretted the decision because 7th and 8th grade really prepares for hs. I am not sure either of our kids would have gotten in the advanced classes arriving in 9th. They had been advanced at our k8 and I assumed it would be easy at next school. Nope. The curriculum style was different and the amount of work was different. I think both my kids would have been fine to start in 9th but the academic transition was so much easier in 7th. I would say though if social change is a worry then I would wait until 9th because I noticed 7th is a
difficult time to arrive at a new school where majorly of kids have been together for years. Both my kids are not the anxious type so this wasn’t the biggest deal but it would have been if they was the stressed out type.[/quote]

Do you wish they had enrolled in ack-12 from the outset?[/quote]

No I don't because I do believe that K8 schools have an important role to play even when it comes to things like sports. Most K8 schools start competitive sports in fifth grade because they have the field space. I also think it really forced us to watch the academics in a way I would not have if I had sent the kids to a K12. You know those grades have to be good and you are looking at things like standardized testing (ERBS) to make sure everything is going okay. I also feel by sixth most kids are ready for something new and different and are ready to take on a harder challenge. Our school consolidates the classes starting seventh so the education is not the same. You have a variety of different learners and that can hold back classes like math. I think the whole thing worked out. The social thing though is something to really consider. It is now easy starting in seventh at all these schools and we thought long and hard about it but our kids did not have an issue but I imagine that some kids would. [/quote]

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