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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an FCPS parent, I hated having 6th grade in ES.  7 years with the same kids was too much, the kids had physically outgrown the school, and the staff was not at all equipped to deal with the issues and drama of 6th graders. [/quote]

I was in an elementary school that had K-6 and my kids did K-5. While I did have initial apprehension about my 11 year olds going to middle school for 6th, after seeing it both ways, I vastly prefer 6th in middle school.

The comment above about ES not being able to deal with social drama of 6th is spot on. 6th grade was my worst year of school. I did much better with a brand new group of kids and kids in different classes when I finally got to middle school in 7th. [/quote]

Don't you feel like 6th grade in middle makes the kids grow up a little bit faster than they have to though?[/quote]

No, I don't, especially if the schools do a good job supporting them. [/quote]

Really, how so?[/quote]

what's your question? [/quote]

Why you don't think that MS starting in 6th or MS in general doesn't male the kids grow up quicker than they have to. [/quote]

Perhaps it would be helpful if you explained why 6th grade in a building with 7th and 8th forces them to grow up faster than being in a building with K-5th graders. What is it specifically that is done differently in the different building scenarios that forces such tremendous maturation in one year? [/quote]

We’re in FCPS and a 6th grader gets to enjoy a stress free environment, a playground, field trips, and time with friends. In middle school there are fights in the hallways, vaping and smoking in bathrooms, classes full of kids they don’t know. [/quote]
We are at aps and last year in fifth grade there was blatant bullying during recess and  many many fights.  Kids started calling each other racist slurs in fourth grade.  This is at a north Arlington school too so not like you can blame the demographic.  It’s not that different from middle school socially.[/quote]
I work in an elementary school and I agree this often starts in  4th and 5th grade. Sometimes kids also just get sick of each other after 5+ years[/quote]

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