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> wrote:
> On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 4:37:46 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Doesn't make sense to me at all why it's now called 'middle
> school.'
>

In addition to the slightly different age grouping, middle schools are
organized more like elementary schools, which junior high schools are
organized more like high school. Studies have found that children in that
age group do better overall in the middle school concept than under the
junior high concept. Also in terms of growth and maturity, 6-8 graders
are more aligned than 7-9 graders.

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