[Forever Maroon]

Kids at Whitley are usually held back in elementary school and there isnt a great deal of it.. 2 years ago a very good QB from Whitley repeated 8th grade and the conference they were in kicked them out. I believe Bell does hold back but to my knowledge usually 2 or 3. School boards have the option of NOT allowing hold backs to participate if they choose. Corbin DOES NOT allow hold backs to play when they repeat a grade. Again I would like to know how many of N Pulaski 8th graders were in 8th last year. I also have no problem if the KYMSFA decides not to let kids repeating a grade play. I think they would have to decide this year and start the rule in 2014.

Don't know where you get your info from but Bell County has had a holdback program for years. I remember watching the Dominique Carton(I think that was his name) class with JD Hilton, Maden and others play in middle school. That 8th grade group was together... in 8th grade.... for 2 years. Dudley even bragged about their holdbacks at a middle school game being held at Pulaski High. Saw them 2 years in a row. Whitley and Corbin most definitely have allowed holdbacks over the years. Remember the basketball run Whitley made in middle school 5-6 years ago? That entire team was held back. The head coach was telling us about it one night at Northern Middle. So, let's not act like all the schools are pristine and soooo much better, ethically, than Northern, Southern or Meece.
Everyone is going nuts about holdbacks. My question has been from the beginning is: What's the difference in starting a kid a year late, holding them back in 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade, or holding back in middle school? NONE!!!! No one has even answered that. All I get is "holding back is wrong, cheating", etc... If you choose to let your kid go to school a year early and leave home at 17, that's your right as a parent. If I choose to let my kid start school a year later, hold him back in elementary or middles school, and have him at home as long as I can that's my right.
Our children grow up and leave home fast enough and life is hard, so what's wrong with giving my child every opportunity to succeed in life? If staying at home that one extra year helps in any way at all I say it's a great thing!