Originally Posted by Anonymous
On age dad here.

That list above has problems in that it presumes all kids born before summer 2009 repeated a grade. In 6th grade most just did pre first who fit this bill. Prefirst isn’t repeating a grade.

I know of zero double holdbacks at 2028 and maybe two kids who are 13 right now because they are fall 2008 prefirst kids.

The reclass wave hasn’t really started yet for 2028s and it will be generally done by on age kids in 8th grade.

There is a difference in being a holdback (repeating a grade) and not being on age. Effectively they are the same thing in that kids are older than most others but the nuance is lost on most here.

Fair point, I can name one double holdback in MD at the middle school and that is a unique circumstance -- a refuge kid from western africa who arrived in 4th or 5th grade and came here not speaking a word of english. Def the most physical player on his travel team but far from the most talented