Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 2016-10-22 3:26 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>
> > > Naw, it should be a requirement for leaving elementary school
> > > and going into middle school (formerly known as junior high).
> > >
> >
> > middle school and junior high are two different things.
>
>
> I had to look it up because we don't have "middle school" around
> here. Wikipedia says it is also known as intermediate school or
> middle school. We don't have either in this area. A nearby and long
> established private school used to have a middle school designation
> but has done away with it.

USA public school, 7,8 and normally 9. Also called Junior High.

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