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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

PP said “most”. Which is true. Most kids don’t have summer birthdays.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

It’s not a big deal at all. Anti-redshirters are just bad at math.

12-14 = age range with no redshirting (12 months max age difference, most not that much)

12-14 = age range with summer redshirting (15 months max age difference, most not that much)

12-15 = age range with spring redshirting (18 months max, most not that much — very uncommon)

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Your math is off, my child was 13 the entire 8th grade year.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

God, you’re dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

What month?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

Your child was 12 in 8th grade? That is not the norm at all! Most are 13 and turn 14 that year. My 14.5 year old just finished 8th and my 12 year old is now going into 7th. And we sent them on time. Your math seems off!

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

My child turns 13 during 8th grade so that’s a two year age difference. It’s a big difference.

I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Most 8th graders will turn 14 at some point during the year, and many will be almost 15 at the end of the school year. So it's not that big a difference. 14.5 is probably the norm.

Anonymous wrote:The redshirting has got to stop.

Nationwide, a maximum of 20 students are redshirted every year. So, I'm not sure why you're acting like this is a problem. You'd have an easier time finding a needle in a haystack than finding a redshirted kid.

Anonymous wrote:DD just mentioned a classmate is 15. Is that common around here?

No, that's not common at all. That classmate is 2 years behind. Kids in nth grade are usually (n+5) years old. So an 8th grader would be 13, while a 15-year-old would be in 10th grade. In-fact, an 8th grader with a September birthday(maybe even also a late August birthday if the school year started in late August) would be 12 at the start of the year, so an 8th grader being 15 at any point in the year would be unspeakably rare. Honestly, I feel really sorry for your daughter and the rest of her age-appropriate classmates. It can't be easy competing with someone two years older than you. And to think, this kid is probably graduating middle school at the top of his or her class and will get to make a speech at the graduation, even though any 15-year-old would look good next to a group of 13-year-olds.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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”.

With redshirting as common as it is, this is the new normal.

No, it’s not.

But there indeed a lot of problem students and behavior problems this year.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

That is a huge difference. Do they play any sports? Those are by birth year. So they are 8th graders playing soccer with 10th graders?

Anonymous wrote:My 9 year old fourth grader has a 11 year old red shirted classmate.

Ridiculous

Meaningless.

The 9 yo might turn 10 tomorrow and the 11 yo may have just turned 11 today. They may be 12m 1d apart. It depends on their birthdays.

12 month span is normal. No redshirting.
15 month span happens a bit. Summer redshirting.
18+ month span happens rarely. Spring+ redshirting.

My 9 year old fourth grader has a 11 year old red shirted classmate.

Ridiculous

The redshirting has got to stop. Thankfully the state of NY has banned it.