In an effort to utilize the unused space in the Lakewood Middle School, the Board of Education proposed moving the 6th grade students from the various overcrowded elementary schools in the district, to the Lakewood Middle School building on Somerset Avenue.
The idea was proposed at this evening’s meeting, by Board member Chesky Seitler.
The proposal will be voted on by the Board after hearing input from the parents and district officials. TLS.
I grew up in NJ and attended public school. 6th grade was middle school then. Is this something statewide or determined by district?
No AC in the building. Taught high school history for summer school in the building about six years ago when LHS’s roof was being repaired. It was close to 100 degrees inside the classroom!
Most of the schools do not have air conditioning anyway in classrooms. Some rooms/areas in all building have air or a window unit. What’s the big deal. I mean the 6thgraders at Clarke, Clifton or Spruce don’t have AC anyway. Anything to not pick.
Its a great Idea if it works..they were there in the past and then moved back out..didnt save too much money then..so lets go back to the way it was..History always repeats itself
Is this a joke? 2 months ago all the parents were screaming NO K-8 there isn’t such a big difference between this change either, comes to show the parents just complain
To 4
If history repeats itself then get ready for those lawsuits
To# 5 “parents were screaming NO K-8 there isn’t such a big difference between this change either”
Are you for real!? You don’t see the difference?
When I was in school 6th graders were in LMS and it worked out well. THen someone got the bright idea to move them into individual schools and separate them out..consolidating is the way to do..and Every body is sue happy..everyone thinks suing is the way to, in the end we all get stuck with the bill..so why not consolidate?
????what is imp. is for them to get a education. who cares where????
Years ago 6th graders were in the middle school it worked out fine. The other buildings had K-5. Most schools in the state have elementary k-5, middle school 6-8 high school 9-12. It makes more sense than K-8, in one building. The children in 6 -8 are all closer in age than K-8.
I don’t know what unused space there is in the Middle school. The last time I was in that building all the classrooms seemed to be used. Making the classes larger won’t help with the problem of learning,smaller classses are needed.
Don’t we pay a superintend 180K a year to educate kids and come up with these ideas? The board is there for one purpose to vote on what the staff want!!!
This is a smart option by Chesky Seitler and the BOE. Space management is the art of making the best use of available real estate. By moving grade 6 to the middle school, needed space becomes available for a larger K, eliminating the need to acquire additional temporary space.
Grade 6 to the middle school does not have the same negative impact as K-8. Grade 6 students are more able to hold their own with grade 7 & 8 students. This is not true for K-5 students.
Now, it is time for parents and the BOE to chat.
@ Bill Hobday
Bill one thing you and others have failed to consider is the fact that most school districts do not bus high school students and middle school students on the same bus. It’s bad enough to have 7-8th graders riding with 9-12th graders but now the proposal is to add 6th as well. Eleven and twelve years old should not be riding with eighteen year olds and possibly older.
If they do follow through on this then I urge the board to separate the routes and have Lakewood High School students on one set of buses and Lakewood Middle School on another. Having 6-12 on the same bus could be unhealthy, unsafe and possibly outright dangerous.
That’s what the Princeton Ave. school did for years, then some genius decided to put 6th grade in the elementary schools and sell the building. I wonder who made money on that deal? Or is this part of the master plan to shut down the Public School system one building at a time?
For all of u who say 6th grade was in the middle school, u r wrong. They used to be in a separate building at the Princeton Avenue building, then integrated into the elementary schools. So they weren’t exposed to the older kids.
Why is my comment still in moderation, what could I have possibly said that necessitates that.
TO #16 You are wrong, my daughter went to 6th grade in the middle school.Yes they also used Princeton Ave for 6th grade because there were so many students at that time. I also worked for the schools at that time so I know what I’m talking about. Check the years about 1978 and you will see.