Wouldn’t moving the sixth grade back into the elementary schools and the ninth grade into the middle school relieve our high school overcrowding?
KUSD has extensively evaluated the middle school philosophy over the past ten years, having conducted three separate studies to monitor the transition in 1998 from a junior high school configuration of grades 7, 8, and 9 to our current 6, 7, 8 middle school configuration. Data comparing student attendance and achievement in 1997-98 (final year of junior high) and 2001-2002 demonstrates significant improvement. For example, attendance rose by approximately 2%, and truancy decreased by nearly 11%. National scores for all grades (6,7,8) increased in both math and reading. On the WKCE test, our 8th grade math scores increased from 56% to 74% Research also indicates that sixth and ninth grades are important transition years for students, as they prepare to move academically, emotionally, and socially to the next level of schooling. The placement of students in appropriate house structures is equally important for both sixth and ninth graders, as is the length of class periods and student/te
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