Why is the story about Prep, MD and Landon redshirting not allowed here?

[Anonymous]

This is a forum about private schools, no? Why is an article about the practice of redshirting among these three DC private schools relegated to the Off-Topic forum? Is it not worthy of being discussed on a forum dedicated to private schools in this area?

[Anonymous]

Because the original thread was started in off-topic and Jeff doesn't like multiple threads on the same subject?

You can ask to have that one moved here if you feel that strongly about it.

[Anonymous]

Who says it isn't allowed? It is still here and somebody happened to provide a link for another option for a place where the discussion can be found on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Its not just a private school issue. Kids redshirt at MD for 8th then go back to public.

[Anonymous]

But if the story isn't in the private school forum the Landon bashers look silly if they bring their monomaniacal focus to a different forum.

[Anonymous]

Siidwelll holds a lot of boys back in k and first grade too but for intellectual development. Probably the same number of kids that get redshirted at the Lax-focused schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Siidwelll holds a lot of boys back in k and first grade too but for intellectual development. Probably the same number of kids that get redshirted at the Lax-focused schools

25% in K and then about 50%-75% by 8th grade?

[Anonymous]

Not quite. More like 20 percent

[Anonymous]

There has never been any doubt that Sidwell does not encourage redshirting for athletic purposes. The only evidence you need is to watch any of their sports teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Siidwelll holds a lot of boys back in k and first grade too but for intellectual development. Probably the same number of kids that get redshirted at the Lax-focused schools

This is complete baloney.

[Anonymous]

What's redshirting??

[Anonymous]

Maybe because the topic of redshirting goes off the rails pretty quickly and becomes an excuse for all kinds of bashing.

What is it, a full moon? these forums have become worse than I've ever seen them this week.

[Anonymous]

My sense is that it is quite normal for families these days to start boys in kindergarten at age 6 for developmental reasons. The "redshirting" for sports issue arises where there is an additional holdback, often later in elementary/middle school once a boy has shown athletic talent. If you start at age 5 you're a 17 year old senior--hold back twice and you are 19.

[Anonymous]

In pre-K and K, it's awful when your child who has not been Red shirted is with those who have...because at such a young age, the developmental needs--physically and emotionally--of a 3,4 or 5 year old are so different than the needs of a child one year older...our children were in a 'mixed age' class at their Pre-K, and it was not a good year. I don't blame the children--they're just being age appropriate, meaning they don't have the maturity nor the knowledge to realize when they are 'bigger' than their classmates, so physically they can hurt the younger kids--I totally blame the parents, who are too afraid to let their children just 'be' with their own age group.

I am so opposed to red shirting.