I agree with everything you said except that a summer of 2001 birthday who is going into 8th grade was certainly held back, they were just held back before they started school.
There it is folks, a new word for explaining things away, we now have that aren't holdbacks, they are simply Pre-Holdbacks, that solves the problem, i'm on hold with Webster's and Wikipedia right now, hoping to get it in before August 1st, so it wont be next yea. r
Both of my kids have Sept birthdays and I had both of them do an extra year of kindergarten. Does that mean that we are cheating the system because they are both on the old side for their grade? I had no idea that they would play sports once they were older. Contrast that with the boy that repeats 8th grade for lacrosse only (regardless of what his parents say). To me, those scenarios are completely different. [/quote]
both scenarios are different, however, none of the kids should be eligible to play in grade base leagues since they are older than the rest of the kids.
If your kids are September birthday, what is the cutoff for school in your area? in Maryland a September birthday would make the child on the older side. A child born in September in MD and repeating kindergarten would in instances be almost two years older than the younger kids in their grade
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