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[quote=Anonymous]My Hardy 7th grader takes Italian with students from other grades, has taken STEM1 and now STEM2 both with students from all grades, as well as Humanities and Art - again, students from all grades. Likely the same with Band, Chorus. You can't have only 6th grade/7-8th grade for those electives.

An alternative might be to move some of the most overcrowded ES feeders 5th grade classes to Hardy with the 6th grade from Hardy and Deal. By 5th grade, those kids are really ready to move on to a structured MS environment and  would combine well with just 6th grade in one location. (I would want my 10yo 5th grader with a 14yo 8th grader, but 5/6 together would be good.) Advanced 5th grade students could take 6th grade math. Extracurruculars for a student paper or literary magazine, student play, would also be a plus for this age - they don't have that option at most ES. My Hardy feeder 5th grader is off to a Big3 private after the disaster inflicted on our Hardy MS (who is also off to private school; we surrender, can't fight City Hall and can't afford to wait for DCPS to fix this in 2-3 years). The school DC2 is attending has MS 5-8, with 5/6 clusters together and 7/8 clustered together (though grade-level core subjects).[/quote]

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