Potomac Kindergarten August Cut off

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I held back our mid-august birthday (currrent Potomac student, not the oldest in the grade), and have been delighted with the decision. If you really want to start them in K when he/she is 5 by sept. 30, you could do K in public or somewhere and then apply to potomac for Gr. 1. FWIW, teh school never suggested we wait to start DC, it was a decision we made on our own. There are students who are boy and girl summer bdays at potomac who waited a yr to start and those that started on time.

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Anonymous wrote:No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

+1 You are NOT red shirting if you send a September child on time. If you are interested in early admission you are most likely out of luck at any of the privates.

One should never rush his child. Just because a child is an early ready or precocious in other areas, the physical and emotional maturity need to match the peer group, as well. A parent will always be glad he allowed his child to progress at his own pace versus putting him in an environment for which he's not fully ready.

I regret holding my child back. His own pace is far faster than anyone gives him credit for or recognizes. We never should have listened to the hold back non-sense.

I ad the opposite experience. I wish I held back my late birthday DS. He was fine academically, but was at a disadvantage in sports and maturity wise.

Sports are for fun in our home, not a priority. Its only an issue with some sports and my son likes those sports but lousy at them. He does well at sports where age does not matter. Maturity is different for every child and holding back doesn't make them what ever your standard of mature is. I found holding back with younger kids made him act far younger. When we advanced him, his behavior significantly improved. Funny, the two oldest kids in the class, I think held back, are the worst behaved. My son is saying they are constantly getting in trouble whereas the younger ones are not.

What sports are those?