8th grader who is 15?

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

Before you redshirt or not, do some math.

My redshirted kid will be 18 when he graduates because his birthday is July, but if he was born in the later winter or spring (the earliest I've seen redshirting) he'd be a young 19.

My non redshirted kid will be 17.

So, no 20 year olds.

Whose math? It's very common for private schools to require red-shirting and then to add another year before middle school or high school. In Baltimore they add another year before 1st. So yes, a 20 year old senior is mathematically correct. But very difficult to parent.

Another Baltimore parent here, and this is absolutely false. Yes, pre-first is common so you could have a senior that turns 19 in the spring of senior year. But holding back again in middle school is not at all common.

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WTF is pre-first?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

All the birthdays my child attended in 8th grade were for kids turning 14. Nobody was 12, turning 13.

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Anonymous wrote:My 1st grader had two 8 year olds in her class in the spring. She's still only 6. It's weird. And those kids were the worst behaved too.

In fairness, that is probably why they were held back.

Why do parents think holding their kids back will magically fix their behavior? If your kid has behavioral issues, he will continue to have them. Literally ALL the problem kids' in both of my kids' classes have always been the redshirted ones. And then it's unfair because they're also bigger and can more easily bully and hit the younger kids. It shouldn't be allowed.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

All the birthdays my child attended in 8th grade were for kids turning 14. Nobody was 12, turning 13.

My child will be 12 turning 13 in 8th.

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This year was interesting - there were two kids that turned 7 in my daughter's kindergarten class before winter break. Both of them were redshirted in 2020 and then did private JK in 2021 because mommy wanted them to be in school in person, then instead of starting them in 1st like they should have, put them in public school K. Not very smart ladies.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

All the birthdays my child attended in 8th grade were for kids turning 14. Nobody was 12, turning 13.

September birthday here, I turned 13 in 8th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:WTF is pre-first?

Rich school money grab.

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Anonymous wrote:My 1st grader had two 8 year olds in her class in the spring. She's still only 6. It's weird. And those kids were the worst behaved too.

In fairness, that is probably why they were held back.

Why do parents think holding their kids back will magically fix their behavior? If your kid has behavioral issues, he will continue to have them. Literally ALL the problem kids' in both of my kids' classes have always been the redshirted ones. And then it's unfair because they're also bigger and can more easily bully and hit the younger kids. It shouldn't be allowed.

They think by ignoring the behavior their kids will grow out of the behavior that they choose to ignore.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

PP said “most”. Which is true. Most kids don’t have summer birthdays.

PP here. Reading comprehension skills are not in evidence in a lot of this thread. I was a summer birthday and was 13 all through 8th, and I was always the youngest kid. It sucked, and it was not the norm.

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There are also programs in public middle schools to take older kids new to the country and give them a baseline education before putting in high school. Our MCPS middle school has one and those kids are not all middle school aged.

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Anonymous wrote:There are also programs in public middle schools to take older kids new to the country and give them a baseline education before putting in high school. Our MCPS middle school has one and those kids are not all middle school aged.

That is an entirely different situation.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

All the birthdays my child attended in 8th grade were for kids turning 14. Nobody was 12, turning 13.

My child will be 12 turning 13 in 8th.

What month? If this is true, then your kid started kindergarten when they were 4. So they had to turn 5 fairly early in the year (depending on your state’s cutoff), or they wouldn’t have been allowed to go. So you’re being disingenuous at best. Your kid was 13 most of the year in 8th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:This year was interesting - there were two kids that turned 7 in my daughter's kindergarten class before winter break. Both of them were redshirted in 2020 and then did private JK in 2021 because mommy wanted them to be in school in person, then instead of starting them in 1st like they should have, put them in public school K. Not very smart ladies.

I did exactly this with mine but years ago - private K and then public K, late July birthday. He's first year at MIT now. Best decision ever and I'd highly recommended for anyone who can afford an extra year of private school.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

PP said “most”. Which is true. Most kids don’t have summer birthdays.

PP here. Reading comprehension skills are not in evidence in a lot of this thread. I was a summer birthday and was 13 all through 8th, and I was always the youngest kid. It sucked, and it was not the norm.

August is the month with the most births followed by July, so there are a ton of summer babies. April and February have the least.