Almost 7 year old in kindergarten!!

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that this is more of a concern for mothers with sons, rather than daughters. God forbid that their son is amongst the shortest boys in the kindergarten class, with all these huge 7 year olds in it! Or that they can't compete in sports with all these older boys in the class.

Not a concern for the mothers of daughters until high school when the nearly 20 year old senior takes their 14 year old freshman daughter to prom...

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There were a few 7 year olds in my son's K class. I think several of them had to do K more than once because of missing too many school days. They were nice kids for the most part and didn't really affect my son's experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Shit. My son is taller than most of the kids in his current class and has a September birthday, so he misses the cutoff for Kindergarten where we live. Should I anticipate that people will talk about him like this when he starts school?

My son is in K (just turned six, so went on time) is very very tall and I am point blank asked by parents in his class (at every school event we attend) why we held him back. When I explain that we didn't, the questioning parent becomes much friendlier. I even had woman respond with "oh so he's just really tall and is actually smart, not like X who has a May birthday and was held back, disgusting." X is the other kid in the top reading group with my son and the child of this woman's "really good friend."

So yes, people talk and judge.

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Anonymous wrote:There were a few 7 year olds in my son's K class. I think several of them had to do K more than once because of missing too many school days. They were nice kids for the most part and didn't really affect my son's experience.

Where in the DC area is K a required year? Why wouldn't they just move on? It's just K?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His mama probably looked to Finland for inspiration.

Cause' everything's better in Finland!!

[Anonymous]

There were a few 7 year olds in my son's K class. I think several of them had to do K more than once because of missing too many school days. They were nice kids for the most part and didn't really affect my son's experience.

Where in the DC area is K a required year? Why wouldn't they just move on? It's just K?

We live in NOVA. They don't move them on. Another one of my son's classmates who was 5 had to redo K and stay behind after his classmates moved on to 1st.

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Anonymous wrote:

There were a few 7 year olds in my son's K class. I think several of them had to do K more than once because of missing too many school days. They were nice kids for the most part and didn't really affect my son's experience.

Where in the DC area is K a required year? Why wouldn't they just move on? It's just K?

We live in NOVA. They don't move them on. Another one of my son's classmates who was 5 had to redo K and stay behind after his classmates moved on to 1st.

It was my understanding that there's no maximum number of absences before you cannot move to the next grade in FCPS. Maybe I was wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

I disagree with this attitude. Those who put kids in Kindergarten who will be turning 7 DO affect others. I should be able to send my summer child on time without kids being THAT much older than them (unless there was good reason). Now my kid, who is following the age guidelines, is going to feel short or possibly behind in someway, when really they should be within the standard of normal. Older kids in the class also change the teachers expectations of normal, and therefore DO affect others!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that this is more of a concern for mothers with sons, rather than daughters. God forbid that their son is amongst the shortest boys in the kindergarten class, with all these huge 7 year olds in it! Or that they can't compete in sports with all these older boys in the class.

Not a concern for the mothers of daughters until high school when the nearly 20 year old senior takes their 14 year old freshman daughter to prom...

Oh shit. I didn't think of that! So not ok...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There were a few 7 year olds in my son's K class. I think several of them had to do K more than once because of missing too many school days. They were nice kids for the most part and didn't really affect my son's experience.

Where in the DC area is K a required year? Why wouldn't they just move on? It's just K?

We live in NOVA. They don't move them on. Another one of my son's classmates who was 5 had to redo K and stay behind after his classmates moved on to 1st.

It was my understanding that there's no maximum number of absences before you cannot move to the next grade in FCPS. Maybe I was wrong.

Also K is not a required year.

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Anonymous wrote:
Not a concern for the mothers of daughters until high school when the nearly 20 year old senior takes their 14 year old freshman daughter to prom...

An 18-year-old and a 14-year-old, that's fine though. How about that!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

I disagree with this attitude. Those who put kids in Kindergarten who will be turning 7 DO affect others. I should be able to send my summer child on time without kids being THAT much older than them (unless there was good reason). Now my kid, who is following the age guidelines, is going to feel short or possibly behind in someway, when really they should be within the standard of normal. Older kids in the class also change the teachers expectations of normal, and therefore DO affect others!

Then start lobbying the school district to change the rules. Meanwhile, that's what the rules allow.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

I disagree with this attitude. Those who put kids in Kindergarten who will be turning 7 DO affect others. I should be able to send my summer child on time without kids being THAT much older than them (unless there was good reason). Now my kid, who is following the age guidelines, is going to feel short or possibly behind in someway, when really they should be within the standard of normal. Older kids in the class also change the teachers expectations of normal, and therefore DO affect others!

Then start lobbying the school district to change the rules. Meanwhile, that's what the rules allow.

Yeah, no kidding. Otherwise STHU.

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out there is a boy in my sons class who's about to turn 7!!! Wth is going on? My 7 year old is in 2nd grade. This boy is social, and outgoing so I don't see any reasons that he was kept back. I'm concerned about my younger kids starting on time barely turning 5 when 7 year olds are in their classes.

It's April, and you only just now found out. So I'm guessing that it hasn't caused any major problems.

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You realize that's only one year behind the regular start. Kids who start on time turn 6 in kindergarten. And, given that you don't know anything about the kid, you can't possibly know the reason for the late start. Like others said, if you just figured this out, it's obviously not causing problems.