Others believe that sixth-graders should be in middle school because it would make them feel more responsible. However, we believe that a middle school for sixth-graders may be uncomfortable being ...

“I hear more about start time concerns than I do about sixth grade moving to middle school.” Sumner said she has to hire 22 teachers to work with the sixth-graders who will attend Romig.

Richardson ISD is among less than 5% of Texas school districts that still have a grade 7-8 configuration. Texas’ curriculum is divided by grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.

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The district’s newest middle school, Alfonza W. Davis Middle, was designed for grades 6-8, while Norris Middle added sixth grade in 2012 to help with crowding at two of its feeder elementary ...

The Sixth Grade Center is temporary because the new Highland Middle School at Five Mile will be completed next year, and the district will shift to a grades six-eight middle school model once it ...

North Penn High School currently contains students in grades 10 through 12, while the district’s three middle schools currently teach students in grades seven through nine, and the 13 elementary ...

However, committee Chairperson Pamela Albert said there is enough room at the middle school currently to bring the roughly 250 sixth-grade students there with some reconfiguration, but without ...

It tracks nearly 6,000 students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The authors compared the performance of students who attended a K-8 school to those who left for a middle school in sixth ...