Should I just redshirt my upcoming Kindergartener?

[Anonymous]

All the kids are in the same situation with the distant learning problem so i would not redshirt unless there is some other problem. My view is they will all catch-up at some point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - i am leaning toward just starting her. Also her younger sister would only be one grade behind her if we opted to red shirt her (they are only 19 months apart) and I feel like two year spacing in school would benefit both of them. I am just sad she isn't going to get a traditional kindergarten experience. Also I have no idea how I will deal with 2-3 days of asynchronous distance learning and working from home (plus I have a 5 month old at home).

I agree! My sister and I are 18 months apart and we’re one grade apart. Once in high school we were competing against each other for spots on sports teams etc. she was younger and smarter and even in some of my classes. Awful. But she did let me copy off her homework, so there was that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is suppose to start school in the fall. Given how insane everything looks should I just redshirt her? She was 5 in March so she would be pretty old if we redshirted her but I am worried about this whole 2 days a week thing or DL (which we wouldn't do). Anybody else thinking of doing this? That would mean she would turn 7 in K! That seems kind of old. I started K when I was 4!

Oh my god, NO, that's HORRIFYING, and a terrible thing to do to your child.

Your child will be 18 months older than the youngest child in the class. That's going to be super embarrassing when they're in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a DD 5, with March birthday. I am sending her to Junior K/redshirting her. We did zero distance learning that her amazing Pre K-4 teacher had planned. I have friends who work for various schools, and have found out the media and schools aren’t telling us is that this plan is for ALL YEAR. The Junior K class will meet each day for a full day, it has strict health protocols and has been accredited as an essential care center if our state or county gets locked down again. I would rather have a kid that is oldest in the class than lagging behind academically.

Your child doesn't need Pre-K to start Kindergarten. Oh my god, you people are out of control.

[Anonymous]

OP - you can say that you are "homeschooling" your child and instead just skip Kindergarten altogether and start her in first grade on time. Kindergarten isn't necessary as long as your kid is beginning to learn how to read by the time she starts first grade. If I had a child starting K this year, I would seriously consider this. There's nothing really different between the K and 1st grade curricula.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would never redshirt a girl if only because I witnessed the terror inflicted on the girls who developed first. I still remember the girl who had a big chest and got her period first in 5th grade. The boys were brutal.

Yet in the VA schools forum a whole gang of parents are calling those who send Aug-Sept birthday girls on time (at 4 or newly 5) crazy. Why? Because everyone ostracizes the youngest girl.

You can’t win.

Um, no one is doing this. weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never redshirt a girl if only because I witnessed the terror inflicted on the girls who developed first. I still remember the girl who had a big chest and got her period first in 5th grade. The boys were brutal.

Yet in the VA schools forum a whole gang of parents are calling those who send Aug-Sept birthday girls on time (at 4 or newly 5) crazy. Why? Because everyone ostracizes the youngest girl.

You can’t win.

Really? I was one of the youngest girls in class and relatively small, I think it was a good academic challenge and socially a non-issue. Girls mature faster than boys, so being a younger girl tends to be more advantageous towards the middle school years. It seemed like the girls who were very tall or busty had the bigger challenges.

Really.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/891080.page

It's pretty obvious that it is ONE person who has an agenda (she doesn't want her kid to bet the only redshirted one) posting this. I know ONE girl that has been redshirted and it is because she is physically VERY small and has a late September birthday. I was always the youngest in my class (late September birthday) yet somehow managed to graduate 2nd in my class of 500 kids and played varsity sports.