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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
I dont know about michigan but I know here a lot of middle schools start at 7th grade either 7th and 8th or 7th through 9th
And FTC is also only 7th grade up so you wouldnt be dealing with 11 year olds. You would be dealing with 12/13 year olds.
When I was 12 or 13 I would have want the harder challange but thats me.
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The FiM age ranges for
FLL are here and for
FTC are here.
The exact language for the FLL age range is "Students in 4th grade through the end of elementary school." and since most of our school districts are divided as elementary school K-5, middle school 6-8, high school 9-12 that means that most 11 year old 6th graders are being funneled into FTC and not allowed to participate in FLL.
Spreadsheet here showing all 28 school districts in Oakland county, MI and the manner in which they divide their progression from elementary to middle school to high school. 18 districts define middle school as 6th-8th grade, 7 districts define middle school as starting in 7th grade (going through 8th or 9th), 1 defines middle school as starting in 5th grade (or rather, it seems like 5th-8th is housed in the same building, I can't tell beyond that), and 2 weren't immediately obvious.
Edit: Oops. In the time it took me to make a spreadsheet cbale beat me to it.