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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is 12, May birthday. Was a preemie and small for his age.

We are a military family and have moved a lot. He has been in 4 different schools. Between Covid and all changes in schools he has gaps that is making 7th grade really hard. He is making B and Cs in most classes and has a D in math. Diagnostic testing shows his above average in reading and average in math. He is extremely well behaved, but does have inattentive adhd.

We are considering have him do 8th next year at the school he is at, and then having him do 8th and we move(our final move) the following year. What are your thoughts? [/quote]

It's a big "if" because not all schools are going to let kids repeat grades willy nilly just because the parents think their kid is small and has adhd. Half of kids are below the average height, that's statistics 101. You will need to find a private school with a strong culture of encouraging redshirting that will let you "reclass" as they euphemistically call retention.[/quote]

Usually, if you are coming from outside of their district, and in OPs case, an entirely different state, they won’t even notice or care.  The paperwork just asks what grade your child will be enrolling for.  We did this for my son, but it was 6th he repeated.  They didn’t ask for anything at all for the other school and just put him where I said he belonged.  They didn’t even ask for test scores or anything.  I can’t imagine a public school caring or push8ng back if they have zero records on OPs kid and there is room in the grade they want to enroll.  [/quote]

They didn’t ask because it all happens behind the scenes. At the secondary level (where I work) our registrar reaches out to the old school and gets copies of transcripts and tests scores and behavior records and IEPs. I assume it is the same at elementary.

I am sure some schools are less thorough, but I have absolutely had a child move into my class in October once records came in and the school realized he was supposed to be in 8th grade, not 7th.[/quote]

+1 Red shirting is a sensitive issue (see DCPS and the issues they've been having there).  Public schools are careful, in my experience, about where kids are placed, because they can't allow one kid to be red shirted under certain conditions without extending that same privilege to all.  OP's kid isn't doing well, but he isn't failing.

But if OP's kid is going into private school, yes, then they probably won't care as long as the tuition is paid.[/quote]

In my experience, this is only K.  Kids entering a school in upper elementary or middle school, no they do not care at all.   They aren’t calling other schools and examining birthdates, etc.  They just don’t care and don’t have the time.  They will automatically place your kid in generic classes and move on to the next.  If you want them placed in specific levels, then they may ask for test scores, but that isn’t even always the case.  My kid started a new school, new district in 6th and I emailed and said I wanted him in Alg I and honors English and they said ok. That was literally all there was to it.  [/quote]

That's your experience but it isn't universal.  My kid entering MCPS for MS provided transcripts, past test scores and took 2 placement tests at the school. I had a conversation with my kid's future guidance counselor and the guidance counselor had me talk with the head of the math department to see what placement he recommended. My impression is that they did in fact "care."  I guess you can show up and pretend your kid came from a school with zero records and try to get redshirted, but most people don't do that.[/quote]

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