Reclassing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, you hold your kids back a year for $50K a year to get them into sports? Why?

This is why many of them do it in high school. They go public until 9th or 10th grade, then they reclass and redo that year at a private. Then they get more looks from certain colleges (who have those privates on their list) and they save money by not sending them private from k-9/10

If the kids were really good, they'd get in to college either way. Makes zero sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, you hold your kids back a year for $50K a year to get them into sports? Why?

This is why many of them do it in high school. They go public until 9th or 10th grade, then they reclass and redo that year at a private. Then they get more looks from certain colleges (who have those privates on their list) and they save money by not sending them private from k-9/10

If the kids were really good, they'd get in to college either way. Makes zero sense.

An extra year of eligibility is very valuable to elite athletes. More time to hone their skills, they are physically bigger and stronger, more experience, etc. For a college looking for the best athletes competing on national-level teams, that makes a difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We seem to have a ton of reclassed kids at our school and no one did it AT our school. It feels like there would be social issues?

Did they do it high school though? That’s what is striking me as strange. Usually that’s all been done between K and 3rd or so.

Questioning PP, do you have high school aged athletes? If not, you may be surprised to know that many of them reclass in high school to ensure another year of growth and maturity while striving for D1, or any level really, college sports.

Some of these kids were already redshirted while younger. So private schools end up with 20 year old graduates

It's so common at the HS level. It's actually quite alarming. COVID allowed students to "homeschool" which was essentially athletic reclasses. And then when student athletes aren't getting the types of offers they want, they are switching school athletic conferences and reclassing. 19 and 20 year old seniors by choice are becoming more common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, you hold your kids back a year for $50K a year to get them into sports? Why?

They aren't paying full tuition and/or do a year or two at public at some point.
Also, with NIL deals, some college athletes are making upwards of 100k their freshman year in college.

[Anonymous]

There are reasons other than athletic for kids to repeat. My child is repeating after skipping an earlier grade. Had we not been in full pandemic mode at the time of the skip (and her school able to manage differentiation better), they wouldn't have skipped. Now, a couple of years later (and 1-1.5 years younger than everyone in the class), the best decision is to just move to a new school (that is more of a challenge) and hold back to be with age peers. The pandemic really messed up a lot for these kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are reasons other than athletic for kids to repeat. My child is repeating after skipping an earlier grade. Had we not been in full pandemic mode at the time of the skip (and her school able to manage differentiation better), they wouldn't have skipped. Now, a couple of years later (and 1-1.5 years younger than everyone in the class), the best decision is to just move to a new school (that is more of a challenge) and hold back to be with age peers. The pandemic really messed up a lot for these kids.

When someone refers to repeating as “reclassing”, they are specifically referring to sports. One is literally moving from one high school graduating class to another. That matters for NCAA recruiting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We seem to have a ton of reclassed kids at our school and no one did it AT our school. It feels like there would be social issues?

Did they do it high school though? That’s what is striking me as strange. Usually that’s all been done between K and 3rd or so.

Questioning PP, do you have high school aged athletes? If not, you may be surprised to know that many of them reclass in high school to ensure another year of growth and maturity while striving for D1, or any level really, college sports.

Some of these kids were already redshirted while younger. So private schools end up with 20 year old graduates

I haven’t heard of the redshirting happening while in high school, at least in the DC private schools, no. In K/early elem, sure, or in public schools, but it’s new to me that athletes are redshirting while in private high schools. But I don’t have an athletic kid and only a 9th grader, so I guess I’ve learned something!

Athletes do this all of the time at every private school here. Some more than others of course, but it happens everywhere. Kids transfer and repeat 10 th grade usually. Athletic recruits. And yes this includes Sidwell
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, you hold your kids back a year for $50K a year to get them into sports? Why?

This is why many of them do it in high school. They go public until 9th or 10th grade, then they reclass and redo that year at a private. Then they get more looks from certain colleges (who have those privates on their list) and they save money by not sending them private from k-9/10

This actually makes sense to me after doing 2-6 at public I feel like DC even though very smart has a lot of educational gaps from remote school and public generally, and have considered repeating 6th at a much harder school.

[Anonymous]

the top privates all do this--they have kids repeat 9th or 10th. STA and Sidwell do it frequently. Many of these kids are not paying full tuition (or any tuition) so the money is not an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the top privates all do this--they have kids repeat 9th or 10th. STA and Sidwell do it frequently. Many of these kids are not paying full tuition (or any tuition) so the money is not an issue.

Why do they do this, for athletes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the top privates all do this--they have kids repeat 9th or 10th. STA and Sidwell do it frequently. Many of these kids are not paying full tuition (or any tuition) so the money is not an issue.

Why do they do this, for athletes?

So that they have bigger, stronger kids with more skills and experience in their sport. It helps the high schools and gives the kids a boost when starting college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the top privates all do this--they have kids repeat 9th or 10th. STA and Sidwell do it frequently. Many of these kids are not paying full tuition (or any tuition) so the money is not an issue.

Why do they do this, for athletes?

So that they have bigger, stronger kids with more skills and experience in their sport. It helps the high schools and gives the kids a boost when starting college.

Because alumns give more money if the teams are winning and colleges want athletes because alumns give more money if the teams are winning.

College and now high school sports: follow the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the top privates all do this--they have kids repeat 9th or 10th. STA and Sidwell do it frequently. Many of these kids are not paying full tuition (or any tuition) so the money is not an issue.

Why do they do this, for athletes?

-to catch kids up academically. 9th grade is easier the second time around
-also--to create bigger, better athletes.

There's really no down side for the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are reasons other than athletic for kids to repeat. My child is repeating after skipping an earlier grade. Had we not been in full pandemic mode at the time of the skip (and her school able to manage differentiation better), they wouldn't have skipped. Now, a couple of years later (and 1-1.5 years younger than everyone in the class), the best decision is to just move to a new school (that is more of a challenge) and hold back to be with age peers. The pandemic really messed up a lot for these kids.

Most privates never closed so those kids never really were impacted by covid. People are just looking for an excuse to justify their decision.

[Anonymous]

How many years can you reclass? Would 3/4 years be allowable?