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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like August kids who are the youngest in their grades will be the most impacted, assuming the school cutoff age for their district is September 1. They can either:

1. Play with their new age group that will likely have little to no other kids in their grade. This is a bad deal when their team are all sophomores and they are the lone junior, and so on, for recruiting purposes. But they will be the “oldest” in the group and could benefit with speed, size, IQ, etc. 
2. Play “up” with their old age group, assuming they have a spot and don’t get bumped by another kid being pushed down. They will then be the “youngest” but still with their old team. Could be a good thing or bad thing depending on the kid. 
3. Reclassify and call it a day. [/quote]

August 1 is the likely cut off if this happens.  While a lot of school districts start after Labor Day, the Southeast usually starts in August. August 1 would capture 99% of school years.[/quote]

Yeah, that’s my understanding too. I just mean that if you’re an August 15 birthday, for instance, there is the likely chance that in the new system you will be playing with kids a grade below you, assuming you started school as one of the youngest in your class. The Aug 15 kid might be the youngest 8th grader but will be playing with all 7th graders as the oldest on that team. [/quote]

Not exactly. The August 15 kid will just as likely be in the same grade as the others, but oldest in his grade.  All depends on when his/her parents enroll in kindergarten.  [/quote]

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