Thanks so much for your thoughts. It does help put youth baseball, academics, and life in perspective. Son will likely stay with zoned school for the friendship he's made since kindergarten, and it is the better academic school.
Son's long term goals are really just to play in high school with his friends. Some of his private coaches think he could play in college due to his metrics, but he's undersized and late puberty. He'll need to work really hard just to have a shot at high school.
I wish sports were like when I was a kid. Any kid that had been playing seriously could make the team. I guess there's always football or track 😊