September Birthdays - Kindergarten

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would wait personally. I regret putting my child in K early. Child was academically advanced, socially made lots of friends and was happy but as she gets older I wish I had given her another year of her childhood. It's going too fast for both of her and for me.

This is a flexible and friendly child who did not care academics were easy in elementary and would have been fine making friends in the class after hers too.

It goes too fast, no matter what! Sadly, that is the case for all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s going to be a monster class of kindergartners this fall because of covid redshirting. It’s not the year to push ahead.

This. Not worth it considering what happened this year with school and the pandemic, and due to MCPS ‘s large classes sizes to begin with.

News Flash:

Ratios can be even higher for smaller overall classes

50 K kids in a school will be 25 in each class

60 K kids in a school be 20 in each class

70 K kids in a school will be 23 in each class

80 K kids in a school will be 20 in each class

CLASS SIZES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MANY K KIDS ARE IN YOUR SCHOOL

[Anonymous]

I am shocked that there are still parents who red shirt. The curriculum is SO SO SO slow and Sept 1 cut off is WAY WAY WAY too old. I personally think any child with any preschool history will do fine in K. It is so ungodly easy. All of the ES curriculum is so easy.

So many states have LEA options and the kids can and DO start at 4 years old and 7 months if they choose. The fact that some people in this state wait until their kids is over 6 years old to be in kindergarten is unreal.

Graduating high school at 19 is embarrassing. If they go to a a mid Atlantic or NE college, they will be older than most sophomores in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked that there are still parents who red shirt. The curriculum is SO SO SO slow and Sept 1 cut off is WAY WAY WAY too old. I personally think any child with any preschool history will do fine in K. It is so ungodly easy. All of the ES curriculum is so easy.

So many states have LEA options and the kids can and DO start at 4 years old and 7 months if they choose. The fact that some people in this state wait until their kids is over 6 years old to be in kindergarten is unreal.

Graduating high school at 19 is embarrassing. If they go to a a mid Atlantic or NE college, they will be older than most sophomores in college.

Agree. The curriculum is way too slow. And the whole it goes by too fast. How selfish is that? You are going to dumb your kids down for an extra year with you?

[Anonymous]

I contacted Mcps and still no guidance on EEK

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked that there are still parents who red shirt. The curriculum is SO SO SO slow and Sept 1 cut off is WAY WAY WAY too old. I personally think any child with any preschool history will do fine in K. It is so ungodly easy. All of the ES curriculum is so easy.

So many states have LEA options and the kids can and DO start at 4 years old and 7 months if they choose. The fact that some people in this state wait until their kids is over 6 years old to be in kindergarten is unreal.

Graduating high school at 19 is embarrassing. If they go to a a mid Atlantic or NE college, they will be older than most sophomores in college.

Agree. The curriculum is way too slow. And the whole it goes by too fast. How selfish is that? You are going to dumb your kids down for an extra year with you?

DS has mid sept birthday and entered K "on-time" according to the school (MCPS). Reading is fine because they're in groups by skill level. He complains about how boring and slow math is. He could have tested into early K but we didn't try for it because socially, I think he's placed correctly. He's in the oldest 25% of kids, but not the oldest in his grade; his social skills, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills are similar to the other students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked that there are still parents who red shirt. The curriculum is SO SO SO slow and Sept 1 cut off is WAY WAY WAY too old. I personally think any child with any preschool history will do fine in K. It is so ungodly easy. All of the ES curriculum is so easy.

So many states have LEA options and the kids can and DO start at 4 years old and 7 months if they choose. The fact that some people in this state wait until their kids is over 6 years old to be in kindergarten is unreal.

Graduating high school at 19 is embarrassing. If they go to a a mid Atlantic or NE college, they will be older than most sophomores in college.

Agree. The curriculum is way too slow. And the whole it goes by too fast. How selfish is that? You are going to dumb your kids down for an extra year with you?

I sent my child early but I see nothing wrong with the idea of having DC go on time. DC's friend, who also has a September birthday, went on time so they are about a year apart and they are both in a magnet this year and both happy. Why are you so judgmental?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s going to be a monster class of kindergartners this fall because of covid redshirting. It’s not the year to push ahead.

This. Not worth it considering what happened this year with school and the pandemic, and due to MCPS ‘s large classes sizes to begin with.

News Flash:

Ratios can be even higher for smaller overall classes

50 K kids in a school will be 25 in each class

60 K kids in a school be 20 in each class

70 K kids in a school will be 23 in each class

80 K kids in a school will be 20 in each class

CLASS SIZES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MANY K KIDS ARE IN YOUR SCHOOL

This is a concept DCUM parents can not wrap their head around. It is funny watching people cry about more kids equal more kids in each class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You will not be let in. I’m sorry. Especially this year. First of all your kid needs to be at a first grade level to pass (it does not test kindergarten readiness but end of kinder benchmarks) and second of all the school can say no if they are overcrowded which they will be due to read shirting because everyone who could held their kid back to avoid virtual kinder hell. Let us know where you live and we can give preschool recs. Sorry, I know of sucks. Happened to my son (9/2 birthday) but ended up working out.

Agree. There is enough discretion in the test that they can just say your child didn't pass one of the sections if they don't want to let the kid in. Our kid was meeting some end-of-K measures and all middle-of-K measures when she took the test, and she was denied--when I got more info, I found out that the principal simply doesn't allow kids to pass the test and get in early. In the end it was fine--my daughter with an early Sept bday is perfectly fine as one of the oldest in the class.

[Anonymous]

Your school's principal is not unusual. It really depends on the school and the class sizes that year. If the classes are very small or having one more kid would mean the school gets one more teacher your child might be let in.

If classes are already pushing 27 then the bar is higher. My friend's child applied in a year when all the classes were almost at the max and there were a few kids with different types of special needs. The child was told she did well on the test but there simply wasn't room. It worked out fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s going to be a monster class of kindergartners this fall because of covid redshirting. It’s not the year to push ahead.

This. Not worth it considering what happened this year with school and the pandemic, and due to MCPS ‘s large classes sizes to begin with.

News Flash:

Ratios can be even higher for smaller overall classes

50 K kids in a school will be 25 in each class

60 K kids in a school be 20 in each class

70 K kids in a school will be 23 in each class

80 K kids in a school will be 20 in each class

CLASS SIZES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MANY K KIDS ARE IN YOUR SCHOOL

This is a concept DCUM parents can not wrap their head around. It is funny watching people cry about more kids equal more kids in each class.

Each school has a set number of students per class. If they go over, they hire a new teacher and add a class. Having 20 vs. 23 really doesn't make a huge difference. They will just have more K. than 1st if there are more K than first graders. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You will not be let in. I’m sorry. Especially this year. First of all your kid needs to be at a first grade level to pass (it does not test kindergarten readiness but end of kinder benchmarks) and second of all the school can say no if they are overcrowded which they will be due to read shirting because everyone who could held their kid back to avoid virtual kinder hell. Let us know where you live and we can give preschool recs. Sorry, I know of sucks. Happened to my son (9/2 birthday) but ended up working out.

Agree. There is enough discretion in the test that they can just say your child didn't pass one of the sections if they don't want to let the kid in. Our kid was meeting some end-of-K measures and all middle-of-K measures when she took the test, and she was denied--when I got more info, I found out that the principal simply doesn't allow kids to pass the test and get in early. In the end it was fine--my daughter with an early Sept bday is perfectly fine as one of the oldest in the class.

It really is up to the principal. Ours would net let us test. Your child can pass everything on the test and still get denied early entry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You will not be let in. I’m sorry. Especially this year. First of all your kid needs to be at a first grade level to pass (it does not test kindergarten readiness but end of kinder benchmarks) and second of all the school can say no if they are overcrowded which they will be due to read shirting because everyone who could held their kid back to avoid virtual kinder hell. Let us know where you live and we can give preschool recs. Sorry, I know of sucks. Happened to my son (9/2 birthday) but ended up working out.

Agree. There is enough discretion in the test that they can just say your child didn't pass one of the sections if they don't want to let the kid in. Our kid was meeting some end-of-K measures and all middle-of-K measures when she took the test, and she was denied--when I got more info, I found out that the principal simply doesn't allow kids to pass the test and get in early. In the end it was fine--my daughter with an early Sept bday is perfectly fine as one of the oldest in the class.

It really is up to the principal. Ours would net let us test. Your child can pass everything on the test and still get denied early entry.

State law requires them to test children if the parents want it and they could qualify for EEK (i.e., bday between 9/2 and 10/15). Principal cannot deny the test. They can easily make it so that no one passes. And if you want to get the test results, they won't give them to you--ours wouldn't even break down performance in a general way.