Potomac Kindergarten August Cut off

[Anonymous]

My DS birthday is late September and I realize that Potomac has an August cut off versus a September cutoff. Has anybody been able to get a waiver to apply if the child turns 5 in September? It just seems kind of odd that I could apply to the other schools but not this one. It seems I either have to apply to another school and transfer, or red shirt him and end up wasting a year if he ends not getting in. Not interested in red shirting.

[Anonymous]

No waiver here, my child is early September and not the oldest either. However, DC is definitely one of the most mature kids if that makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Their rules are pretty cut and dry due to so many applicants. I know several people who were told their boys weren't old/mature enough for K and they turned 5 that summer. I wouldn't waste your time.

[Anonymous]

Very few schools will take a late birthday even if they are ready.

[Anonymous]

Not at Potomac but at a DC private and our June birthday child was the youngest in the class. July and August kids were 6 when entering K.

[Anonymous]

PP adding that this seems to be the reality at most privates even though nearly all states September 1 cut off.

[Anonymous]

No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

+1 You are NOT red shirting if you send a September child on time. If you are interested in early admission you are most likely out of luck at any of the privates.

[Anonymous]

Op-I assumed most 5 year olds by 9/30 go to kindergarten, (public school cutoff) and was ignorant of the earlier cut off date by most of the privates. I'll double check but little Langley told me that ds would be eligible for kindergarten 2017 but now I'll double check that. This puts a kink in my plans as I was trying to avoid him repeating pre-k at his preschool or putting him into kindergarten public for a year and transferring him to private to only repeat kindergarten. Just seems inefficient

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op-I assumed most 5 year olds by 9/30 go to kindergarten, (public school cutoff) and was ignorant of the earlier cut off date by most of the privates. I'll double check but little Langley told me that ds would be eligible for kindergarten 2017 but now I'll double check that. This puts a kink in my plans as I was trying to avoid him repeating pre-k at his preschool or putting him into kindergarten public for a year and transferring him to private to only repeat kindergarten. Just seems inefficient

I know several people who had their kids do a year of public kindergarden and then send them to k private. They liked it better than pre-k. Their kids came in really well-prepared and excited.

[Anonymous]

A lot of private schools in this area are very rigid about their arbitrary kindergarten cutoff dates. No point in debating it with the schools though. We did not think it was fair to force our daughter to repeat pre-k, so we just had to scratch several schools off our application list. There are several good schools who are willing to let a Sept birthday kid at least apply for k, but do call the admissions office to confirm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

+1 You are NOT red shirting if you send a September child on time. If you are interested in early admission you are most likely out of luck at any of the privates.

One should never rush his child. Just because a child is an early ready or precocious in other areas, the physical and emotional maturity need to match the peer group, as well. A parent will always be glad he allowed his child to progress at his own pace versus putting him in an environment for which he's not fully ready.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

+1 You are NOT red shirting if you send a September child on time. If you are interested in early admission you are most likely out of luck at any of the privates.

One should never rush his child. Just because a child is an early ready or precocious in other areas, the physical and emotional maturity need to match the peer group, as well. A parent will always be glad he allowed his child to progress at his own pace versus putting him in an environment for which he's not fully ready.

I regret holding my child back. His own pace is far faster than anyone gives him credit for or recognizes. We never should have listened to the hold back non-sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

+1 You are NOT red shirting if you send a September child on time. If you are interested in early admission you are most likely out of luck at any of the privates.

One should never rush his child. Just because a child is an early ready or precocious in other areas, the physical and emotional maturity need to match the peer group, as well. A parent will always be glad he allowed his child to progress at his own pace versus putting him in an environment for which he's not fully ready.

I regret holding my child back. His own pace is far faster than anyone gives him credit for or recognizes. We never should have listened to the hold back non-sense.

I ad the opposite experience. I wish I held back my late birthday DS. He was fine academically, but was at a disadvantage in sports and maturity wise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No private school in this area will accept a boy who doesn't meet the cut off and most won't accept a summer birthday boy either. Most (all) boys are far too immature no matter how precocious or high the IQ. Also, OP, it is not "red shirting" if he isn't old enough anyway so you wouldn't be "red shirting" your son. Honestly, I thought the cut off for all the top DC privates was Sept.1st.

+1 You are NOT red shirting if you send a September child on time. If you are interested in early admission you are most likely out of luck at any of the privates.

One should never rush his child. Just because a child is an early ready or precocious in other areas, the physical and emotional maturity need to match the peer group, as well. A parent will always be glad he allowed his child to progress at his own pace versus putting him in an environment for which he's not fully ready.

I regret holding my child back. His own pace is far faster than anyone gives him credit for or recognizes. We never should have listened to the hold back non-sense.

I ad the opposite experience. I wish I held back my late birthday DS. He was fine academically, but was at a disadvantage in sports and maturity wise.

Sports are for fun in our home, not a priority. Its only an issue with some sports and my son likes those sports but lousy at them. He does well at sports where age does not matter. Maturity is different for every child and holding back doesn't make them what ever your standard of mature is. I found holding back with younger kids made him act far younger. When we advanced him, his behavior significantly improved. Funny, the two oldest kids in the class, I think held back, are the worst behaved. My son is saying they are constantly getting in trouble whereas the younger ones are not.