NEWTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL 8TH GRADE SHOULD NOT BE HOUSED AT NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

K-5, 6-8, 9-12

Please don't close the middle school. It would be shame, and I believe not worth the savings.

K-5 6-8 9-12

Our kids are growing up to fast these days as it is! Putting 8th grader is just wrong! We have to find a way to put k to 5 or 6 together!!!

Please don't put our 8th graders with high schoolers. Thank you for listening. Newtown, CT

9 Bear Hills Road,

Children first!! Another rushed study that has demonstrated virtually no cost savings. This is a terrible deal for the students, and an even worse deal for the taxpayers who will have to pay for an expensive new school in only 8 years.

Please do not combine 8th grade into the high school. Speaking from experience, it is a disaster.

Please do not combine 8th grade into the high school. Speaking from experience, it is a disaster.

Newtown CT

I am opposed to the proposed plan to place 8th grade students at the high school.

14 Scudder Road

After this year, I won't have a student in the system. I feel strongly based on research it is not in the best interest of Newtown's youth.

Do the research. A very poor decision if adopted

24 lincoln rd. , newtown, ct 06470

Tammy Brunetti 77 Buttetfield Road Newtown, CT 06470

Even though this change wouldn't affect my child, I don't agree that 8th graders belong in a high school atmosphere.

4 years of high school was long enough for me personally. Grouping the schools to K-5, 6-8, then 9-12 makes the most sense to me. That's how it was when I went to school (in Newtown).

This is a very difficult time of developmental transition for all children this age. I do not think that having 8th graders isolated or sharing a building with high schoolers is a good choice. Children are formidable at this time and an environment such as this can have negative comsequences on the development of their identity and self esteem. Marivic Dayrit Botta, MD

Middle schoolers need a middle school.