[33girl]

When they built a new Jr. High in my district, they changed the Jr High years from 6-9 instead of 7-9. It didn't work well at all. The 6th graders were not ready to be with 9th graders and the elementary teachers that had come over didn't care for the jr high environment either. Now the schools are elementary - K-6 (there is a K-3 and 4-6 school in the most populated area, the other 2 small elementaries are K-6), jr high - 7-9 and sr high - 10-12. The junior high and senior high are connected by a portal but they are treated as 2 separate buildings & the kids aren't allowed to go from one to the other w/ out a pass.

It's one thing if the school is very very small, but if not I don't like the idea of K-8 at all.