2021 teams that have private school kids are loaded with kids reclassed/heldback/ or did prefirst. Fact of life now.
Repeating 8th grade is a popular one.
Kids can either go into high school with poor grades and less mature or they can take a year to get their grades up and mature a little. It's the last chance to do this. Repeating 9th grade doesnt help anything because you've lost a year of eligibility and the grades are on your transcript.
