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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MS is usually miserable for so many kids it makes me wonder why it even exists. Or what could be done, if anything to make it better.[/quote]

My kid hd a very happy sixth grade year. That said, I much prefer the system I had in the Midwest in the 80s where sixth grade was elementary and 7-9 was junior high. 6th graders really are still children and should not be with eight graders.[/quote]

Agree.

Avoids this sick dynamic of 5th and 6th graders trying to act like 8th graders. [/quote]
Let it go, it is not “sick” for a 12 year old 6th grader to act more like a 14 year old 8th grader than a 10 year old 4th grader.  Kids mature at different rates and this shaming that you are doing of kids that have outgrown ES interests by 6th grade is no better than shaming a 6th grader who hasn’t outgrown ES interests.[/quote]

Weird, maybe the issue is holding back kids.  My 14 year old was in 9th.[/quote]

The cut off in this area is September 1 or September 30 depending on the district.  Many kids are 14 for a lot of 8th grade.  Mine turned 14 in October of 8th grade.  Not held back, went to school on time.[/quote]

Yeah, I don't see why anyone is surprised by 14 year olds in 8th grade. Almost all of them turn 14 in the 8th grade school year, at least in Virginia. No clue what the cutoff is other places. [/quote]

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