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My experience is limited because I only have TWO kids in two, sometimes one, schools and they don't participate much in extra curriculars. It's been manageable for me. I think a lot of families are in the same situation so the schools schedule events in a staggered way. If you drive your kids to school the start/end times are such that you can drop a kid at primary, then you'll be on time for upper elementary dropoff (which is two minutes away), and etc. Realize that the school buses have to do the same thing so start times HAVE to be staggered.
So the 4 school thing is really a non-issue. It shouldn't be a deciding factor in your move. I think it's actually a benefit to segregate the 7 & 8 graders to their own school because it's such a "weird" time in child development.