[former]

Do parents have options relative to holding students back
in grade eight?
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 years (8 semesters)
of athletic eligibility begins.

Parents cannot request a holdback. It is the school's decision to make.

why would the family move to Letcher from whitley. He wont start until his JR year. take him closer to home.