Enough is enough with the redshirting!

[Anonymous]

There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

[Anonymous]

The current third grade cohort is tough. A lot of kids who should be in 4th, but either had such a terrible virtual kindergarten experience that their parents retained them, or they were redshirtted to avoid virtual school entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

In practical terms, how does this impact you?

I'm not someone who redshirted BTW.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm, my redshirted 3rd grader will be 9 all school year since his birthday is over the summer. Are you sure those kids were actually redshirted?

Or maybe they had to repeat K due to not learning enough in virtual K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The current third grade cohort is tough. A lot of kids who should be in 4th, but either had such a terrible virtual kindergarten experience that their parents retained them, or they were redshirtted to avoid virtual school entirely.

Agree. My 4th grader was in online K, it was a weird/bad time. Current 3rd grade has more older kids than usual.

[Anonymous]

That’s wild! The oldest 3rd grader I know turned 9 in July in a district with a Sept 30th cut-off date.

I had a kid in kindergarten when schools shut down in 2020 and I don’t judge anyone who had a choice to avoid virtual kindergarten as a child’s introduction to school, but it sounds like this family was planning to red shirt and then held back a second year because of virtual school. I thought kindergarten was not compulsory, I am surprised the school didn’t start a 7yr old in 1st.

[Anonymous]

There was a 10 year old in my kid's 3rd grade class last year. I would steer clear.

Not only was he physically larger than all of the kids, he also had the worst behavior. I suppose the idea was that he would have more time to mature emotionally.

I have never thought this about a child before, but I think this one is destined for prison. A lying, bullying, probable sociopath. My kid is still in class with him. He should be... somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

In practical terms, how does this impact you?

I'm not someone who redshirted BTW.

I'm not someone who redshirted either, but holy moly isn't it obvious? If there are still many developmental differences at this age, it can badly affect kids that are on the younger side emotionally, socially, physically, mentally, academically, etc. and it must be frustrating if they are in the grade they are supposed to be, and other kids are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

In practical terms, how does this impact you?

I'm not someone who redshirted BTW.

In a competitive environment for academics and sports it impacts my young June birthday. We have 38 boys in our private and 17 from this class are redshirted. He had to constantly be held to a higher standard because his peer group is so much older and that’s across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm, my redshirted 3rd grader will be 9 all school year since his birthday is over the summer. Are you sure those kids were actually redshirted?

Or maybe they had to repeat K due to not learning enough in virtual K.

In what district is someone turning 10 in 3rd grade?

[Anonymous]

They have a line. You just don’t like it. Read your district rules. Undoubtedly there is a range of time that the school allows for entry. For example, in MCPS, the range is 4 years 11 months (if you pass a test) to 6 years and 364 days. You as a parent make the choice. And you don’t get to pick for others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have a line. You just don’t like it. Read your district rules. Undoubtedly there is a range of time that the school allows for entry. For example, in MCPS, the range is 4 years 11 months (if you pass a test) to 6 years and 364 days. You as a parent make the choice. And you don’t get to pick for others.

I didn’t realize that it was kept this open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

In practical terms, how does this impact you?

I'm not someone who redshirted BTW.

I'm not someone who redshirted either, but holy moly isn't it obvious? If there are still many developmental differences at this age, it can badly affect kids that are on the younger side emotionally, socially, physically, mentally, academically, etc. and it must be frustrating if they are in the grade they are supposed to be, and other kids are not.

Uhm, HOW????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

In practical terms, how does this impact you?

I'm not someone who redshirted BTW.

In a competitive environment for academics and sports it impacts my young June birthday. We have 38 boys in our private and 17 from this class are redshirted. He had to constantly be held to a higher standard because his peer group is so much older and that’s across the board.

Sounds like you should have redshirted if that’s the demographics of the school. Most private schools don’t allow enrollment before five so yeah; that means there’s a lot of 9-10 y/os four years later. Basic math….?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two ten year olds in my child’s third grade class. When will a school draw a line with this?

In practical terms, how does this impact you?

I'm not someone who redshirted BTW.

I'm not someone who redshirted either, but holy moly isn't it obvious? If there are still many developmental differences at this age, it can badly affect kids that are on the younger side emotionally, socially, physically, mentally, academically, etc. and it must be frustrating if they are in the grade they are supposed to be, and other kids are not.

They’re all in the grades they’re supposed to be. The rules allow parental discretion in terms of when kids start school. You making a different choice than other parents and not liking the outcome doesn’t mean you were right and they were wrong.