Every single child on the Manhasset 32 2022 team is born well after the September 1st guideline established by US Lacrosse, I can understand your concern and likely disappointment when you digest this fact.
How many were born before Dec. 1? A kid born before Dec. 1 may be eligible for age based tournaments under US lacrosse guidelines but many of the tournaments that 32 enters are based on graduating year and not age. A kid born before Dec. 1 should be a 2021 under YOUR school district rules and gets an unfair advantage when playing in tournaments against 2022 teams. How is that to digest? Please answer the question.
I vow only to post when correcting the ignorant on this board. A child is allowed to start kindergarten in the Manhasset School District if they are 5 by December 1st. It's not a rule that you have to start kindergarten then, but you can't start earlier than that without special permission. US Lacrosse sets guidelines for a reason and those are followed to the best of my knowledge by Team 32. Many kids move out from New [lacrosse] City where they start formal elementary education a year later than on Long Island.
As expected we are getting commentary and not facts. Manhasset school district sets Dec. 1 as the cut off. If a parent feels their kid is not ready to start kindergarten then they have the option to hold them back to the next year. The option is not meant for parents that hope to get an unfair advantage on the lacrosse field. You had no hesitation stating as a fact that no 32 kids were born before Sept. 1. We are still waiting to hear how many were born before Dec. 1. Just provide the number and then we can end this conversation.
The honest answer is I don't know how many born before December 1st, because that is an irrelevant birthdate for youth lacrosse. All I can state with certainty is that every single player on the 2022 Manhasset team is born after September 1st, which is the guideline set forth by US Lacrosse. And again, to correct your prior post, there is no "cutoff" date for when a student has to start elementary school so I'm not sure what point you're trying to prove. I can also say with certainty that the vast majority of the team is born after December 1st, perhaps there are 1 or 2 born prior to then, but nobody is born before the September 1st cutoff date prescribed by US Lacrosse.
Simple question, are there kids who are held back or actual 2021 grad year students playing 2022 in grade based (not U- XX) tournaments? I get a sense from the evasive answers that you do.
Simple answer is there are a few November "babies" who were held back in pre-k. So, for all of you bed-wetters who are going to be upset that a few Manhasset parents had the common sense to hold academically challenged kids back a year from entering kindergarten, I have only one thing to say. Get used to it.
The Manhasset community places a higher regard for academic achievement over athletics.
But, it's okay. We now know every time one of our teams beat yours, you will pull out the eligibility card. Do your homework and read a little bit. NYS cut-off is 9/1. Cry all you want, deride our town as "stepfords", etc. but in the end, we know our teams are good. We'll compete with any town, and any club.
Fire away, but please leave the town you are from so we can schedule a game.
