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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

No, they didn’t ask bc they didn’t care and never got them.  I know this for a fact [/quote]

Ok, but your anecdote doesn't mean that this will happen with all kids.  We moved into MCPS from out of state and they didn't ask me "what grade did I want to put my kid in."  They asked me for the records/transcripts from the prior school. [/quote]

+1 Just because a handful of schools are lazy doesn't mean they all are. Public schools have to follow more rules. A private school might let you do whatever you want as long as you pay in full. [/quote]

You can decline.  Kids join public school, every public, ALL THE TIME with no transfer records or transcripts.[/quote]

Sure, and then they'll just put the kid in the grade indicated by age, which is the status quo, which OP is unhappy about.  In an ideal world, you could red shirt your kid and someone would pay, but this isn't going to be that easy to do in public school.[/quote]

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