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concerned and worried about difficult child 2... Hoping for suggestions.
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 453204" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Holding back has some very un-thought of consequences as well. In our district you MUST graduate by a certain age, so if you are held back more than 2 years, you have NO HOPE of graduating before that age, and then it becomes a "why bother?" scenario. I have a young friend who's been held back for 3 years. There are various reasons she was held back including several cross country moves. She's currently in 8th grade and is working her little hiney off so she can skip 9th and graduate in time. She may be forced to do the 3 year HS track if she can't skip 9th. Seriously, It's quite a nightmare for her. The good news is that now she is pulling mostly As</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 453204, member: 11965"] Holding back has some very un-thought of consequences as well. In our district you MUST graduate by a certain age, so if you are held back more than 2 years, you have NO HOPE of graduating before that age, and then it becomes a "why bother?" scenario. I have a young friend who's been held back for 3 years. There are various reasons she was held back including several cross country moves. She's currently in 8th grade and is working her little hiney off so she can skip 9th and graduate in time. She may be forced to do the 3 year HS track if she can't skip 9th. Seriously, It's quite a nightmare for her. The good news is that now she is pulling mostly As [/QUOTE]
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