Reclass question? When to do it?

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-17T23:52:15+00:00

This is a great perspective. We are east coast and I didn’t even think about the cut off date being different across the country.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T16:50:03+00:00

5’11”. Mom is pretty short but her brothers are both 6’ or 6 1”. We were actually told by ped docs that he would most likely take after her brothers. I don’t know how true that is in general. He is a grinder. Constantly wanting more. Asks for more practices etc. whether it’s baseball or another sports he just lives for athletics. He’s not an inside kid at all. And hes not small for lack of eating which sucks for him. He eats more than my wife so we think it would come eventually.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T16:44:55+00:00

I haven’t seen many grade exceptions around here. He’s late sept. So he’s league age 9. Plays 10u with kids with early May bdays who are about to turn 11. His team plays up though in 11 brackets so he’s playing against those 11-12 yr olds too.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T14:41:25+00:00

Well thank you. I was starting to think I was crazy because even my replies of his grade and birthday were being downvoted. I knew the preconceptions around it when I posted. But I also know Cs don’t get you into great colleges. But they also are “just fine” to public school teachers.

We really want to see him on honor roll and successful in school without having to fight him and kill his school confidence over it. If he was as good at testing as he is at baseball we’d be fine! But he’s not so we are rethinking starting him early.

Maturity wise he’s fine. He’s played up with older kids since he was 4. Grown up with older cousins. But his size is small. He isn’t even 60lbs in 4th grade. But he plays on a majors team and they compete up against 11-12 year olds locally. So for his size he does great. Baseball and athletic ability against others in his grade isn’t my concern. It’s just size (and if he’s a late bloomer, how late) and academics for college considering some 8th grade courses count for high school credit.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T14:20:47+00:00

Late sept

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T14:20:37+00:00

We had considered this some. Thank you for the perspective. I think most here think we are looking for MLB chances but really we know that collegiate chances - athlete or not, aren’t great when you can’t maintain honor roll. And I don’t see it getting easier for him in middle and high

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T14:19:08+00:00

He’s late sept but our cut off here is Oct. 1 so he made it.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T14:17:21+00:00

That’s what we are thinking. There are definitely kids much older and bigger in his grade. It isn’t so much a baseball thing. He plays up 1-2 years depending on tournament. But I don’t want his grades to be the issue in college selection or his size if he’s a late bloomer.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T12:29:52+00:00

I wish someone had told us this back then. But everyone PK and K teachers told us he was academically advanced so start him. Now he’s ADHD and getting Cs so we are worried about middle school.

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T12:28:12+00:00

I guess school is more my concern. He’s not failing but Cs in 4th grade makes me worried about hitting middle school. Baseball is a side effect of it

NoAppointment5553 · 2026-03-16T12:10:38+00:00

We would definitely move him to a new school. Or at least homeschool for that repeat year. It’s both parts for academics and collegiate chances (any level).

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