Travel and Rec basketball is by grade in Fairfax County.

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Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in.

Travel soccer, yes, but Rec soccer (which sucks anyway), they can play with their grade.

No they cannot. My sons best friends are December 2011 kids, he is June 2012. Reston Herndon refused to put them on the same team even though they were the same age and in the same class.

I'm not the PP who you're responding to, but I think this must vary by league. We live in Arlington and rec teams are by grade. I have a 2012 birthday kid who plays on a rec team with 2011 birthdays because they are in his grade (not sure why it "sucks"). Travel/try-out teams are by birth year, so he will not be on a team with the 2011s if we do that.

I think in general this shows that there are a lot of really hyper-local things that may crop up with sports, school, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in.

Are you talking High School soccer? He won't be able to play with his class? What?

No, ES. The teams for most sports at ES are determined by year of birth not grade level. Baseball seems to have a wider band for kids then soccer does.

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Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in.

Are you talking High School soccer? He won't be able to play with his class? What?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in.

Travel soccer, yes, but Rec soccer (which sucks anyway), they can play with their grade.

No they cannot. My sons best friends are December 2011 kids, he is June 2012. Reston Herndon refused to put them on the same team even though they were the same age and in the same class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in.

Travel soccer, yes, but Rec soccer (which sucks anyway), they can play with their grade.

2 summer birthday boys, both on time. I hope the poster saying May is a grey area is elsewhere with a different cut off because there is absolutely no way May is a “grey area” for our Sept 30 cut off. That’s like half a year!!?!

Anonymous wrote:All my kids were born in May, but it never occurred to me to red shirt any of them. A few of their friends were red shirted, but I think its been a disservice to those kids in a lot of ways. For sports, the red shirted never get to play of travel teams or even rec baseball teams with kids in their own grade because all of that is based on birth year. Trying out for travel soccer as a first grader sucks.

Club Lacrosse is based on graduation year, which might drive some of the redshirting.
And High School sports are high school based, so old for grades kids get a bit of a potential benefit in size, and possibly an extra year of playing the sport.

I have two boys (will be in 3rd and 5th this fall). They have fall birthdays so I did not realize with this issue.

I would have 100% redshirted them if they’d had summer birthdays. The expectations for early elementary are just crazy these days.

IMO May is a gray area. If you and his pre-K teachers have no concerns I’d send him on time.

Just be aware of the potential negatives. You can always figure it out and change your game plan IF any issues arise.

I don’t think there is a clear right or wrong answer here.

All my kids were born in May, but it never occurred to me to red shirt any of them. A few of their friends were red shirted, but I think its been a disservice to those kids in a lot of ways. For sports, the red shirted never get to play of travel teams or even rec baseball teams with kids in their own grade because all of that is based on birth year. Trying out for travel soccer as a first grader sucks.

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Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

DS is a late June birthday and we started him on time. He is doing great. Most of his classmates started on time, there were a few who did not for a variety of reasons but mainly an academic or speech issue. We are happy with the decision.

I have two June boys and both started on time. This has been our experience for both of them and their classmates.

I'm sending my mid-July 5 year old to K this fall. Didn't even consider holding her back. All her classmates are also going, save for one child who has a late September birthday. Cut off is 9/30.

I didn't read all these responses - but just saw this thread and wanted to comment. I have a May birthday boy and he is a rising senior in high school in MCPS.

He is perfect and is completely fine as a rising senior. He is a good student, has friends, is definitely mature for his age and grade and is ready for college.

I would absolutely send a May birthday - he has other May friends - we never even considered holding him back - he is studious and totally appropriate for his grade.

The only thing I notice is that most of his friends that have summer birthdays are a whole year ahead - they will be 18 this summer (mine will not be 18 until May of his senior year, obviously) - at least the summer boys were all held back.

It really doesn't matter now except that some have had their driver's licences for longer.

May!?!? Where do you live?

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Anonymous wrote:We did not redshirt our June boy and ate not redshirting our early September girl (cut off is 9/30).

Hi- I have a June boy. Are you happy with your decision?

Just so you know, your child won’t be able to play soccer with his class. He will have to play with the grade he’s supposed to be in.