Anyone with a cuspy kid thinking of red shirting solely because of COVID?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Pandemic or not, cheating is never the right answer.

Hello “Redshirting is against Natural Law” crackpot!

[Anonymous]

Yes! My daughter has a July birthday. She hates Zoom, as in will not participate and hides under the table. Her private school is supposed to start in-person 5 days a week in cohorts of 10 kids with 1 teacher. If they change course and go to distance learning, I'm pulling her out and she will do Kindergarten next year. I can't work from home full time and manage 2 kids distance learning, especially when one child is very strong willed and adamant about her dislike of an age inappropriate teaching method. This is the age when you want to create a love of learning. Torturing a child through a year of Zoom is not the way to do it. The academic expectations in 1st grade at our school are a big jump (particularly around writing) and I don't see how she would be ready for that without a year of in-person school.

[Anonymous]

With so many people redshirting, the class of 2034 will be very large. Lots of competition for schools, sports, scholarships etc. I'd stick with having my kid go on time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With so many people redshirting, the class of 2034 will be very large. Lots of competition for schools, sports, scholarships etc. I'd stick with having my kid go on time.

This. Seems really myopic. Youre actually going to disadvantage your child, but you do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! My daughter has a July birthday. She hates Zoom, as in will not participate and hides under the table. Her private school is supposed to start in-person 5 days a week in cohorts of 10 kids with 1 teacher. If they change course and go to distance learning, I'm pulling her out and she will do Kindergarten next year. I can't work from home full time and manage 2 kids distance learning, especially when one child is very strong willed and adamant about her dislike of an age inappropriate teaching method. This is the age when you want to create a love of learning. Torturing a child through a year of Zoom is not the way to do it. The academic expectations in 1st grade at our school are a big jump (particularly around writing) and I don't see how she would be ready for that without a year of in-person school.

Dont you think given the strange year this will be, they'll readjust the expectations in 1st grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With so many people redshirting, the class of 2034 will be very large. Lots of competition for schools, sports, scholarships etc. I'd stick with having my kid go on time.

Ugh, I have a kid who will enter kindergarten next year (will turn 5 next spring) and I'm already worried about this. Hope districts are watching their enrollment numbers and planning accordingly.

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Anonymous wrote:When is his birthday?

Her. Mid september birthday

As in turning 5? Or turning 6? (i.e., VA or MD?

5. And neither. Maine

Also, how could a kid turning 6 in September be cuspy????

The cut off in Maine is October 15. So a kid who turned five in mid-September would absolutely be “cuspy” for entering kindergarten there. Not every state has the same cut off date. Not OP, I just looked it up.

[Anonymous]

No, because I think next school year will probably be affected as well. I think we are looking at 2 or more years of lost schooling. Such a shame for these kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, because I think next school year will probably be affected as well. I think we are looking at 2 or more years of lost schooling. Such a shame for these kids.

I think so too- it really worries me. I think everyone is making decisions now based on the very optimistic vaccine timeline of this winter. Maybe we will get lucky and it will pan out, but otherwise we could be stuck here again this time next year. Officials really need to be thinking long term- the risks/benefits of keeping kids home this past spring is different than the entire upcoming school year, and different still if that turns into a second full year.