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S. Sally Hersheychefschips, you're back on the indicator, this time with a personal story.

Welcome back.

Thank you.

Yes, so I'm a step parent.

My stepson Clyde is 17. He plays soccer and I kept hearing about this thing.

The cool kids were doing. It is called reclassing.

Clyde Felsen.

Hello?

So what is what is reclassing?

Reclassing for high school students is when you redo it a year of high school. He's talking here about student athletes

specifically and by the way it also happens in middle school you just repeat seventh or

eighth grade and here's a thing they're not doing it because of bad grades, but because they want to.

Why would you want to redo a year of school?

So, I mean it gives you an advantage because most of not all the kids you're playing against have

played four years of high school sports or whatever they're doing and you'll be

having played five. An extra year could give a kid like Clyde the time to get

bigger, faster, and stronger.

So Clyde has decided to reclass.

It could help with his long-term goals,

including playing college soccer.

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