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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MS teacher here. It has become increasingly common. 10 years ago, if my MS had an 8th grader who was 15, they were usually a kid new to the US. Now, it’s a lot of redshirted middle class White boys. I even had a 14 year old seventh grade girl a few years ago.

I haven’t found them more prone to inappropriate behavior than the 14 year old 8th graders. A lot them were redshirted because of immaturity and they are still behind their chronological age peers.

High school does concern me a bit more. 20 year old non-SN outliers aside, there are quite a few students who spend an entire year in HS after they turn 18. They are no longer under a parent’s authority which limits what schools can do with them. All in all, though, an 18-20 who is attending high school probably has concerns that could be better met in a dedicated program for non-traditional age students. For example, fully asynchronous courses or expanded in-person hours so they have the flexibility to work FT or to care for their own children if needed. [/quote]

You know kids who have a September birthday in a district with a 9/1 cutoff spend almost the entire year at 18. This isn’t a brand new or uncommon situation. The kids are alright even at the correct age. If this was a problem schools would probably consider changing the dates but they don’t, they inky get earlier so the kids are even older. [/quote]

+1 and cutoffs are earlier in other parts of the country. It’s 7/31 where I grew up in the Midwest now because they moved the start of the school year earlier to around the 1st full or 2nd week of August. So the kids born in August and September are 6 for all or almost all of K. 18 for almost all of senior year. [/quote]

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