Anal Annie
at least I KNOW I'm a kook...I just can't help it
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So went to BIG parents meeting at the middle school last nite while DH took DS to swimming... 4 elem. schools dumping into one middle school!! The school just opened 3 yrs. ago - this year's 8th grade opened it 3 yrs ago in 6th grade. Built to hold about 900-950 I think. Gonna have 1,200 next year with 8 portables!
It will be the 2nd largest middle school in the county!
Because of the size they will have to run 4 lunch periods. 7 classes rotating thru 5 (70 min.) periods per day - so they will have ea. class 3-4 times / week. No foreign language in THIS school for 6th grade 'cuz there's no room for it! 7th grade they drop "reading" and gain a 2nd elective.
I stayed after & talked to the guy who's in charge of this "arts rotational" stuff. He said honestly that they would not have room to offer the Music Tech. class to 6th grade so if they pick "arts" they will for sure get the Home Ec one, gen. art, imagineering tech and then the 4th pick would get split between the computer class & tv studio by a random computer assignment. I think that on his own, DS is going to pick band for next year tho. Then in 7th grade when he gains another elective he can decide if he wants to stay in it or not. It will be a big change to go from having band for about 30 min. once a week to 70 min. 3 or 4 times a week!
I figure he will know by the end of 6th grade if he wants to stick with it or not!!


I stayed after & talked to the guy who's in charge of this "arts rotational" stuff. He said honestly that they would not have room to offer the Music Tech. class to 6th grade so if they pick "arts" they will for sure get the Home Ec one, gen. art, imagineering tech and then the 4th pick would get split between the computer class & tv studio by a random computer assignment. I think that on his own, DS is going to pick band for next year tho. Then in 7th grade when he gains another elective he can decide if he wants to stay in it or not. It will be a big change to go from having band for about 30 min. once a week to 70 min. 3 or 4 times a week!
