Why don’t schools make you just through some hoops for redshirting?

[Anonymous]

We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

[Anonymous]

Are you in private school? Public school generally doesn’t have spring or earlier redshirting, it’s all summer birthdays. Private schools have “unofficial” cutoffs which tend to be much earlier. You could always switch to public!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you in private school? Public school generally doesn’t have spring or earlier redshirting, it’s all summer birthdays. Private schools have “unofficial” cutoffs which tend to be much earlier. You could always switch to public!

We are public! This is not a private school. I know it’s common for private schools.

[Anonymous]

Be glad the cutoff is 9/1.

In New York State, it’s 12/31. And people still redshirt summer boys at least, so the gap is huge.

[Anonymous]

You’ll have to reach out to your school board. A redshirted spring/summer birthday would be turning six before K not 7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be glad the cutoff is 9/1.

In New York State, it’s 12/31. And people still redshirt summer boys at least, so the gap is huge.

NYC banned redshirting years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be glad the cutoff is 9/1.

In New York State, it’s 12/31. And people still redshirt summer boys at least, so the gap is huge.

That’s too much. Public schools really need to mandate it. Anything that is 6months from the cutoff should require a medical/learning condition of some sort that they are receiving services for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’ll have to reach out to your school board. A redshirted spring/summer birthday would be turning six before K not 7.

I’m talking about our current class. 3 kids are 7 already and it’s February. This is a Sep 1 cutoff public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’ll have to reach out to your school board. A redshirted spring/summer birthday would be turning six before K not 7.

I’m talking about our current class. 3 kids are 7 already and it’s February. This is a Sep 1 cutoff public school.

Thanks for clarifying! This is unusual for public like a PP said. I have always had redshirted kids in the class but almost never with a bday before April. But again, the only people with the power to change the requirements would be your school board.

[Anonymous]

I actually don't think this is a bad idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be glad the cutoff is 9/1.

In New York State, it’s 12/31. And people still redshirt summer boys at least, so the gap is huge.

12/31 would be great for those of us who want our kids to go and the only option is private

[Anonymous]

My kids are in private and this has never happened in any of their classrooms. Plenty of August and July redshirt and few June and May and one February. This in 5 different years with two children so about 8 classes in total.

I have a late March boy that will start K in 2 years and I would not want to hold him back. He would be in class with several kids 14-15 months younger than him

[Anonymous]

Weird. All the redshirted kids we know are summer birthday boys (Sept 1 cutoff for our district). We also know one kid who repeated K, and one who was held back due to a serious medical issue. Hasn’t been a problem.

[Anonymous]

The public schools prefer older children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be glad the cutoff is 9/1.

In New York State, it’s 12/31. And people still redshirt summer boys at least, so the gap is huge.

That’s too much. Public schools really need to mandate it. Anything that is 6months from the cutoff should require a medical/learning condition of some sort that they are receiving services for.

Nonsense. You parent your kids, let other people parent theirs.