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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most "summer birthday boys"?  Summer birthdays range from part of June through part of September. Who would redshirt a June or July kid?[/quote]

So many in the DMV! I know it first hand, kids from public and private schools. While we get many pps here asking about skipping a grade, I can see that red shirting is actually more prevalent. I know a family that held both kids back by a year, they told kids that they can choose since they are June babies, so it is not being behind. It is an academic and athletic advantage, just depends on a  family why they held kids back. I can count at least 15 kids on top of my head right now.[/quote]

That is mind boggling.[/quote]

In our private school, it seems the clear exception not to hold back a summer birthday boy.  April/May is not uncommon.  Most extreme redshirt I know of is [b]family "re-classing" an October birthday (meaning he was one of the very oldest in the class [i]before[/i] being redshirted) in sixth grade for the purpose of sports advantage alone.[/b]  [/quote]

This is so fascinating to me. Had they earmarked him to be pro in a particular sport or something prior to K? If so, how did they decide on the sport? And if they wanted him to be pro, wouldn't it be better for him to get practice playing against bigger, faster kids to improve faster? Or was he just so dumb that they knew there's no way he'd get into college at all if not for an athletic scholarship/advantage?[/quote]

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