Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is the timeframe for construction and opening of the middle school?
The kids who are in 2nd grade now will be going there for 8th grade.
Maybe, maybe not. And that's even if construction stays on schedule.
Not sure that rising 8th graders will make the leap to a new school. It's usually considered a hardship to have to spend just one year in a new school environment. I suspect that rising 8th graders will stay at Westland, but rising 6th and 7th will go to the new school. Handling it this way also avoids a lot of potential morale problems with the 8th grade and new school administration. I think I remember one of the building planning people saying this early on in one of the meetings.
Is there anyone who has experienced this at a new middle school? Did rising 8th graders transfer?