8th grader who is 15?

[Anonymous]

Not unusual to be 15 at the end of 8th grade in FCPS. We know plenty of girls turning 15 in August when 9th grade starts. These girls were redshirted. So I imagine there are some boys, and girls, who were red shifted with Spring birthdays and will ne 15 towards the end of 8th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not unusual to be 15 at the end of 8th grade in FCPS. We know plenty of girls turning 15 in August when 9th grade starts. These girls were redshirted. So I imagine there are some boys, and girls, who were red shifted with Spring birthdays and will ne 15 towards the end of 8th grade.

Yes, and plenty of kids who will be 13 all through 8th or who will start 8th at 12 and then turn 13 right before the cutoff. So 12-15 is the new normal 8th grade age range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if any that were 15 before school got out but my son has 3 friends that turned or will turn 15 in June or July after 8th. This will happen to any child with a summer birthday who was redshirted for kindergarten. If anyone had a spring birthday and was redshirted they will turn 15 in 8th.

My son thinks he is on the young side since he has an early spring birthday and went on time. He just has a lot of friends with summer and fall birthdays who are 6-9 months older. It doesn’t make much of a difference by 8th grade.

My child will turn 13 in September of 8th grade. That is a huge difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not unusual to be 15 at the end of 8th grade in FCPS. We know plenty of girls turning 15 in August when 9th grade starts. These girls were redshirted. So I imagine there are some boys, and girls, who were red shifted with Spring birthdays and will ne 15 towards the end of 8th grade.

Yes, and plenty of kids who will be 13 all through 8th or who will start 8th at 12 and then turn 13 right before the cutoff. So 12-15 is the new normal 8th grade age range.

Without any redshirting, 12-14 is the expected age range across the 10 months of 8th grade. Kids are within 12 months of each other.

With summer redshirting, it’s still 12-14. Kids are within 15 months of each other.

With spring redshirting (very uncommon), it’s 12-15. Kids are within 18 months of each other and at no point in time are there 12yos with 15yos.

So not really the “new normal”.

[Anonymous]

Summer redshirting is common. Spring redshirting is not.

I remember I met a mom who redshirted her son. I am pretty sure he may have had mild SN. The boy was socially immature as his mom put it. He would have been 6 when he started kindergarten but looked like he was 8+. I remember the kid was way bigger than my then 7yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before you redshirt keep in mind that it’s much harder to parent a 20-year-old senior…

why are the anti-redshirters always so bad at basic math?

The 20yo comments must be a joke at this point. Right?

We cover it on every thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Summer redshirting is common. Spring redshirting is not.

I remember I met a mom who redshirted her son. I am pretty sure he may have had mild SN. The boy was socially immature as his mom put it. He would have been 6 when he started kindergarten but looked like he was 8+. I remember the kid was way bigger than my then 7yo.

This was true 40 years ago too.

Kids were held back because they were “immature”.

[Anonymous]

My DS2 has a May birthday and started on time. His best friend throughout high school also had a May birthday, but was a full year older. It was fine.

[Anonymous]

DS just finished 8th grade having turned 15 this spring. He spent most of his kindergarten year either sick or in the hospital. Luckily, he recovered from his illness but he missed a year developmentally and we didn’t even have the option of sending him on to first grade on time. I’m sure there are jerks who judge us, assuming we redshirted him for athletic advantage or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

My 8th grader was 13 all year and won’t turn 14 until late September. Luckily he is tall and very athletic or he’d probably struggle socially. I hate that people do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 8th grader was 13 all year and won’t turn 14 until late September. Luckily he is tall and very athletic or he’d probably struggle socially. I hate that people do this.

The vast majority of his class is older than your kid. A few kids are an extra month or two older than that. Is that really a big deal?

Age doesn’t seem to play a factor at all in popularity in my kids’ classes.

[Anonymous]

My DD turned 15 early this spring as an 8th grader. She is not a behavior problem, not an athletic superstar. She was a micro preemie and had global developmental delays. She’s now doing great and literally at the top of her class. She’s embarrassed about her age bc so many kids (and their parents) can be so cruel. She needed an extra year for intensive OT and PT.

Stop judging and teach yourself kids not to judge. You don’t always know.

[Anonymous]

Kids with fall birthdays are in their standard years when they turn a year older than their classmates My DS turned 15 early in 8th grade. Not held back, just luck of the calendar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD just mentioned a classmate is 15. Is that common around here?

This is what happens when people red shirt. You get a man in the same school as 11 yr olds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a news report on channel 7 of a HS student who was 20 in VA. He was arrested for video taping a girl who was taking shower. He was a Binky (many times I guess).

What is a Binky?