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Has anyone moved their late birthday child over to the public schools in 2nd grade around the cutoff
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Anonymous
| Everyone seems in such a hurry to send their children off to college at 17. Hopefully they will get into a good college but it will be difficult since they will be taking their college boards with very smart children that are a year older. Fast forward for a minute and you might decide it is not so bad to be a child at play at 4 or 5 years old. |
Anonymous
| In MoCo it is up to the principal. At our school, the principal would not let a child who went to private for k (turning 5 in November) start first grade. The parents are continuing the child in private for first and hoping that the principal will allow entry in 2nd. |
Anonymous
They'll be taking their boards and getting the relevant grades after the difference has disappeared (which happens around third grade, I believe). Besides, all the really smart kids start on time. 
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Anonymous
My, my. Ignorant and ugly - what a combination! You obviously don't understand the least thing about what gifted really means. Educate yourself. (And consider surgery for that frightful face you have, you're terribly unattractive!) |
Anonymous
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11:58 PP - this has nothing to do with wanting my daughter to go to college at 17. There's no rush. Hell, I'd rather she didn't go till 18. But I don't really see a big deal in her being 17 for the first few weeks of college. (we didn't "time" this pregnancy very well, lol.)
My reasoning is that she's been in daycare since she was 6 weeks old and she'll be in preschool starting at age 2.5. (full-day preschool costs the same as full-day daycare, so it makes sense for her to get a few hours of learning each day.) Seems like I'd be holding her back to have her in preschool for 3.5 years when she'd probably be ready for kindergarden at almost-5. Now all this will be a moot point if we encounter developmental delays or move out of county... 
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Anonymous
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I experienced similar worries about my daughter, who is now 15. Her birthday is Oct.1. She is very tall and is/was extremely advanced (like all of our DCUM children, right?). I can't stress enough how great it has been for her to be one of the oldest in her class. The "leadership" that kids experience in younger grades because they are older and bigger gives them a lot of self-confidence, which I can see even today as she negotiates high school. Our other child has a late August birthday. It may be that she has a different personality, but she seems much more unsure of herself. And being one of the younger ones doesn't help matters.
I am not advocating that you "game" the system by redshirting necessarily, but if your child is in the fortunate position of having an October birthday, take advantage of it! |
Anonymous
| In MC, I know one family who tried to get their Sept 3 b-day son into K this year. They "tested" him, and they said too young, too immature. Well the father said that the test was very quick and they ha d an attitude that seemed like they hed no interest in letting any child advance. |
Anonymous
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I think child care expenses probably motivate some parents more than how "gifted" their child is. As a mom of 2 boys born right after the cut-off, I can tell you that it sucks having to pay FT childcare expenses for an additional year all b/c of what appears to be a fairly arbitrary cutoff date.
But I also appreciate having my boys be on the older, more mature side before they start school, so we have decided not to push it. I can get why other people choose differently though.... |