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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not unusual to be 15 at the end of 8th grade in FCPS.  We know plenty of girls turning 15 in August when 9th grade starts.  These girls were redshirted.  So I imagine there are some boys, and girls, who were red shifted with Spring birthdays and will ne 15 towards the end of 8th grade.[/quote]

Yes, and plenty of kids who will be 13 all through 8th or who will start 8th at 12 and then turn 13 right before the cutoff. So 12-15 is the new normal 8th grade age range.[/quote]

Without any redshirting, 12-14 is the expected age range across the 10 months of 8th grade. Kids are within 12 months of each other.

With summer redshirting, it’s still 12-14. Kids are within 15 months of each other.

With spring redshirting (very uncommon), it’s 12-15. Kids are within 18 months of each other and at no point in time are there 12yos with 15yos.

So not really the “new normal”.   :roll: 
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With redshirting as common as it is, this is the new normal.[/quote]

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