jahildebrandt
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Many elementary, middle, and high schools work mostly independently of each other, though there are some that do work together. I went to a Middle/High School where the two were combined but the students were segregated to different areas of the building. The schedules were also set up in a way where it was uncommon for middle schoolers and high schoolers to interact. We had the same administrators though, kind of how you described.Thanks a lot. Then I've got a follow-up question along your line: Are elmentary school, middle school and high school independent of each other? May it be that a junior high and a senior high are two administrative parts of one school and there is only one head teacher /principal for them?
I used to work in such a school for three years before I started my MA studies back in China. Now the junior high part of that school is an independent school at a new location and the senior high now does not share the campus with it.
In China, when we say "the middle school"(not in the American sense), we mean a school for students who have graduated from elementary school and haven't been admitted into higher education institutions.So, in Chinese school system, this "middle" means "between elementary school and college/university" and "the middle school" in Chinese is a too vague or general term which is usually made speccific by saying that a stuent is attending a junior high or senior high. You will see that there is a huge difference between "the middle school" in China and a middle school in America.
Please give an answer to my questions at the beginning of this same post. Thanks.
Generally all schools in an area are run by a school district. The school district gives general guidelines of how things should be done and the schools implement them individually. There can be multiple schools of the same type in one district, but they're typically spread apart geographically.
Here is a hypothetical situation of how a district can look. Each school has a different administration.
School District
. . . ./. \ . . . . . . . . . . . .
H.S. 1 . H.S. 2
. .| . . . /. . |. . . \ . . . . . .
M.S. 1.. M.S 2.. M.S. 3
. .| . . . . . .| . . ./ . . . . . .
E.S. 1 . E.S. 2
High School 1 typically will only receive students from Middle School 1, which typically receives students from Elementary School 1. They have more of an opportunity to work together since their students will have the same educational backgrounds. Their curriculum is likely to be very focused and their administrators more likely to be in synchronization.
High School 2 receives students from every middle school. It would be harder for High School 2 to work with all three middle schools individually. High School 2 would likely have a more general education style than High School 1 to accommodate the diversity.
I hope that helps!