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Students tell Quincy School Committee sixth‑grade students should remain in elementary buildings
Summary
Two Quincy High students and a parent urged the committee during open forum to change district practice that places sixth‑grade students into middle‑school buildings at some elementary schools, citing bullying, maturity differences and loss of elementary experiences.
Two Quincy High School students and a parent told the Quincy School Committee at its June 11 meeting that sixth‑grade students should not be placed in middle‑school buildings at Clifford Marshall and Lincoln Hancock.
“Middle school really is an entirely different setting from elementary schools,” Madison Lamerson said during open forum. “There’s vapes, marijuana, bullying, and there’s no way to keep graders from…
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