Originally Posted by Anonymous
As a non MD parent, can someone completely explain reclassifying to me and is it with public and private schools or just one of them?


Public schools in MD do not allow reclassing. If a child fails academically In MD public school they can be held back just like in every state but parents can not choose to hold back their child for sports which is what teams like the Crabs encourage and have ability to do in private schools. happens most often after 8th grade, they will repeat 8th grade. Many private also do a pre-1st which the public schools in MD do not do. It is a shame for the public school boys who legitimately play grade based and are no fans of their private school counterparts manipulating the system and are embarrassing the rest of the state because they are afraid to compete age appropriately.