The poster who said it wasn't healthy for a 7th grader to be on the bus with seniors is correct. The mental maturity level isn't there yet. The program in question isn't weak. They won the Suffolk B championship a couple of years ago and are always in the mix. Physically these girls are ready to contribute. One in particular is very skilled and quite fast. I do question the decision to expose such young girls to the social aspects of HS at such a young age. If I was the parents I would intimate that to the coach and say see you next year.
I have been around this for almost 20 years and can tell you I have never seen or heard of a middle school parent say no to being moved up to a HS team, I have never seen or heard of a freshman declining an invitation to varsity team, I do think that in many cases it would be the smart thing to do but I have never seen it and I doubt it would happen very often
