<p>can my son repeat 9th grader</p>
<p>Maybe. There is no way anyone can answer your question. If you son is in a school, then you’ll have to ask that school if they allow it. If he is homeschooled, then he certainly can repeat 9th grade.</p>
<p>It happens all the time. It is a good option for some, but you have to be realistic about the reason why. A lot of boys repeat 9th grade to change to a private school for sports. Some repeat 9th grade because they are not academically ready for high school. You don’t want to repeat 9th grade because you got a 3.5 average and you want to get a 4.0, so you can go to Harvard.</p>
<p>Usually at high school you would repeat classes, not “years.” Could you send him to a different school and have him start 9th grade fresh there?</p>
<p>A neighbor, whose S had a mediocre (but far from failing) freshman year at our local high school, checked out some private schools with the idea of sending him to one. One private school said that they would accept him if he came in as a freshman and re-did his 9th grade year. He was always one of the youngest in his class-redoing 9th grade would put him into a more age appropriate group and give him a chance to catch up academically with the private school kids.</p>
<p>So it does happen. In this case, S was not interested in redoing 9th grade and the family just hired tutors to help him with subjects that gave him trouble.</p>
<p>I’ve heard of students retaking 9th grade at a boarding school. Colleges never see the records of the first 9th grade year.</p>
<p>Again, child or ■■■■■. Posted same question to boarding school parents board, with child in question being a daughter.</p>
<p>^Good point, but even ■■■■■■ struggle with 9th grade. History and algebra are simply not geared to the average ■■■■■ mindset.</p>
<p>“A neighbor, whose S had a mediocre (but far from failing) freshman year at our local high school, checked out some private schools with the idea of sending him to one. One private school said that they would accept him if he came in as a freshman and re-did his 9th grade year. He was always one of the youngest in his class-redoing 9th grade would put him into a more age appropriate group and give him a chance to catch up academically with the private school kids.”</p>
<p>Neighbor’s son did exactly that and it has made a huge difference in his life. He went from being a mediocre student undistinguished in his large high school class to one of the top students at the private school. He just needed the extra year to mature, the personal attention from faculty, the stronger sense of community, and the opportunity for the leadership roles that he never could have gotten at our local large public high school. It was really life-changing for him. While this isn’t obviously going to be true for every mediocre student, I do think there are a lot of boys who would benefit from an extra year to grow up and some personal attention in school.</p>
<p>Sometimes, the time to spend your college savings account isn’t in college.</p>
<p>M’s Mom, thank you very much! Your example helped me a great deal! My child is the yongest in his class and so inmature; his graders are okay, A’s, B’s no problem in academic. No friends in this public school, not the same district he grow up with; he was outsider in his class, kids bullied him and harassed him; finally he got a fight with those and got suspended. That’s why I want to transfer him to a private school so he could start fresh and do not have the “suspention” record with him in rest of his school years.</p>
<p>Hope things works out well for your boy. Sounds like a change of environment is definitely in order if you can find a school with the right fit.</p>
<p>It’s good that he stood up for himself among the bullies. In the end, the suspension won’t mean much, but standing up for himself will make all the difference.</p>
<p>So is the the same son that was applying to private school last year?</p>