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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 3 children went K-8 and then 'graduated' to new schools for high school. If I could go back in time, I would have moved them earlier. Socially, it takes about 1.5 years to settle into a new school with friends. At the end of high school, they are flying high and loving their group of friends. But it can be a very hard process to get to that point. They must be patient and know that it takes time. Of course there are benefits to being the leaders on campus when in middle school at a K-8, but I'm not sure it was worth it. This was just our experience, but a common story amongst our friends. Good luck with your decision![/quote]

After our fist finished K-8 we moved the younger ones earlier. Socially our first figured things out for high school but socially middle school at the K-8 was not a good experience.  They were in a pretty toxic class and it left a mark.  In retrospect the particlar cohort of teachers lacked the ability to handle the toxicity.  Some teachers are gifted with intelligence regarding emotions and some are not.  Middle schooler are highly emotional and having teachers who understand and enjoy working with kids that age makes a huge difference.  Our younger kids moved for middle school from our K-8 and the teachers at their new school just seemed to get middle schoolers.  It was such a marked contrast to our first child’s experience that we acrually felt bad we hadn’t moved them earlier. I now tell parents, reassess every year and make sure the school is still meting the needs of your child.  Schools change. Kids change.  Teavhers change. Make sure those changes are still working for your kid. [/quote]

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