http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/03/education/03SCHO.html
For those who aren't registered, what they're planning to do is to get rid of middle schools and have old style elementary schools (K-8) or elementary schools and then middle and high school combos.
What do you think? Did you attend a middle school/junior high/intermediate school? Do you think the NYC school system should revert back to the old K-8? Here in Toronto, many of the older elementary schools (downtown-ish) are JK(JK is junior kindergarten which is for 4 year olds. We have 2 years of kindergarten here)-8, but once you get to further north, you may find JK-6 (or JK-5), 7/8 (some may be 6-8, and others 7-9) and then 9-12 (or 10-12). I went to private school and it went from JK-high school graduation. We were all housed in the same building, with the junior school (JK-6) in a separate wing. What do you think about schools that are 7-12 or 6-12? Some feel that older kids might be bad influence to 11 and 12 year olds, though the 7-12 or 6-12 system seems to work fine in private schools.
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