Originally Posted by
DONW
There were kids that I played with that were held back due to grades mostly in elementary school. It definitely made a difference, but, nobody back then would have ever thought about being held back to play another year. How does that work? Do you just tell the teacher you want to repeat the grade even though all your grades were passing. I don't see how they get away with it. It seems like another waste of taxpayer money to hold a kid back. I've never heard of it being done in Arkansas.