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[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]

I was a military brat.  I was held back at one point right after a PCS for similar reasons.  It worked well.

This year and next, supplement outside school — primarily in math but also in areas where he is getting Cs.  Supplement might be as simple as buying Kumon math workbooks from Barnes & Noble and systematically going through them 1-2 pages daily (every day) to give him more practice.  (Other options also exist for math supplementing, at various price points, but Kumon is really great for reinforcement.)  Make sure he is a fluent reader; for this reading either fiction or non-fiction is fine, but reading anime/cartoon books is not fine.  Make sure he reads regularly during summers.

Agree that repeating a grade at the new school right after PCS would be good for him.  He would be older, probably bigger, more mature, and it also would help with the inevitable social adjustment needed after a PCS.  Stay on top of his academics even after the move, and reinforce where grades or teachers or other indicators suggest.  Different school systems will have different curricula, even if both locations claim to be using “Common Core”, so it is very common to find 2-3 academic holes right after any PCS.[/quote]

You'll have all of next year to decide too, so you still have time to see how 8th grade goes. If he's still 100% on board with it and the new school supports it, the gift of more time doesn't usually have many downsides.

Do you know where you might be headed? I know some of the Midwestern states have cutoffs on the earlier side. My DD is a May baby also and it was surprising when she was the very youngest in her Kindergarten class in a state where the cutoff is July 31, and there were kids who were redshirted who were over a year older (common occurrence but it was a new experience with a late spring kid). If you're PCSing to a place where it's Dec 31, he might feel a bit more out of place being that much older than his classmates.[/quote]

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