[plantmanky]

Then the KYMSFA should have punished those particular schools who were not following the rules required. I know that our team dotted every "i" and crossed every "t" as far as the heat index, CPR, first aid, crime checks, physicals, etc. To me, the ones who followed these guidelines are the ones being punished by these newly implemented rules. The 6th and 7th graders right now who's parents were planning on retaining their children in the 7th and 8th grade respectively are screwed now because the rules will be implemented for the 2014-15 school year. The deadline for them to be retained this next year has already passed (based on our school district) and thanks to the KHSAA, those families are screwed out of having that opportunity at all. These rules should not have affected anyone currently in middle school and should have been implemented 3 years from the date they were passed, giving time for the current 6th grade class to get through middle school. I'm not against the new rules as people will hold their kids back in 5th grade like most do anyway...I'm against the timing that they will be implemented.

Do you understand that there are twice as many school districts not in the KYMSFA as there are in it? The main issue here was school districts were not following requirements that KDE already had in place at the lower levels before this was put through, the issue was KDE didnt have any way to enforce schools to follow these requirements. Now they do. You would be surprised at how many school districts I have met with that have said, we cant/choose not to do these things to save $$$ or just the hassell.