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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]everyone is saying OP would be holding back, but she would merely be putting him in the grade with other kids his age because his birthday falls AFTER the cut off date in public school.[/quote]

And there will be older kids since many people redshirt. I'd ask his teacher. [/quote]

Aldo if he gets into sports he will be at a HUGE physical disadvantage being a solid year (or more) younger than his team mates.[/quote]

Sports often go by age not grade, so this post makes no sense.  My child swims and its all by age.   Its actually an advantage.[/quote]

Not true.  Many leagues go by grade and if you end up in middle/HS sports its certainly by grade.

People don't redshirt for shits and grins. In sports it's to gain the system. It is actually really really really aggrevating. I say this as a mom of a child with a July birthday. He's in 5th grade and all of the travel lacrosse leagues and travel bball leagues are done by graduating HS year (up and down the east coast) so he's on the 2024 team. Not cool when he's 10, competing against kids nearly 12, headed into puberty and still in the 5th grade.

Our local rec league is by age.[/quote]

agreed! Maybe the swim parent doesn't see it because that is essentially an individual sport, but classifying kids by grade is the norm in true team sports. The size and maturity difference in kids 12-18 months apart is enormous.  Forget the sports, if i were OP i would want my child with kids at his same maturity level, not kids emotionally and physically a year and a half ahead. Plenty of opportunity to push them ahead academically, but you can't push them ahead emotionally or socially.[/quote]

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