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Look under frequently asked questions on the KHSAA web site, you being a coach you should know this. Corbin has been crying over the kid from Whitley repeating his 8th grade year,along with Clay and the other coaches voted them out of the conference just like you did Bell County the year before. Lets look at Corbins last years 8th grade team without mentioning any names one kid had been retained in both the forth and seventh, in all about 8 holdbacks at some point in their career,Clay Countys running back on the 7th grade football team was playing his second year as a 7th grader,and the coaches son was a holdback (how could he vote against holding back). As long as you are the right age it should not matter if you stay back in the 1st or 8th. These decisions are local site base decisions and as long as they are not promoted to the 9th grade the KHSAA don't have no authority except holdbacks can not participate in any high school sports during their hold back year. To all their own, I say. Sure would have been some good football this year Corbin,Meece and Clay all had great 7th grade teams last year,will they refuse to play these holdback teams in the playoffs.:HitWall:

Case BL-4-18- Do parents have options relative to holding
a student back in grade eight?
No, Kentucky Department of Education regulations place the
responsibility for promotion or retention of a student on school
personnel and not parents. Once “promoted” from the eighth
grade, a student’s four consecutive calendar year (8 semesters)
athletic eligibility period begins.
Verifi cation as to the retention/promotino decision is the
responsibility of school personnel and may include such
things as STI records or other written documentation. Such
documentation should always be available for review until the
student graduates.