MCPS to ban redshirting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unlike DCPS, MCPS doesn’t have universal PreK. It would be a little harder to implement here.

People can spend that extra year in private pre-K if they can afford it, but MCPS can and will place your child according to their age throughout elementary school.

It’s one reason why DD did private all of ES. I saw no reason why she should be forced to wait a year when she had the skills due to an excellent private pre-K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC was definitely not ready for K at first access and might have been an issue in the classroom. Redshirting alleviated that ahead of time and guaranteed a better K year for everyone, including the other kids and their families. DC went on to be very successful and hasn't taken any advantages (or attention, or sports positions) away from anyone else.

Thank you for considering others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who redshirted her boys. Of course now she complains that they are bored at school.

Thanks because schools have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior and maturity, but refused to provide academic content.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who redshirted her boys. Of course now she complains that they are bored at school.

Thanks because schools have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior and maturity, but refused to provide academic content.

They don't have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior--any more than they do for young girls. Some Malcolm Gladwell devotee parents look for any excuse to redshirt, and then humblebrag that the school isn't challenging there kid who is 18 months older than their peers, which is a huge chunk of a kid's life when they're in the early elementary school years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was informed today by my son's preschool that MCPS is planning on copying the DCPS policy that bans redshirting in the next two years. I have twin 4 year old boys with a late August birthday that I had planned to put in PreK next year, not Kindergarten.

Is this really happening? If so, when would the policy go in effect and would the affected kids really be expected to skip Kindergarten and start first grade??

There is no way that a school district could enforce this. If you show up at a school to enroll your sons the year after, they must accept them. Before that, how does MCPS know they exist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who redshirted her boys. Of course now she complains that they are bored at school.

Thanks because schools have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior and maturity, but refused to provide academic content.

They don't have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior--any more than they do for young girls. Some Malcolm Gladwell devotee parents look for any excuse to redshirt, and then humblebrag that the school isn't challenging there kid who is 18 months older than their peers, which is a huge chunk of a kid's life when they're in the early elementary school years.

You have no knowledge of child development if you believe this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was informed today by my son's preschool that MCPS is planning on copying the DCPS policy that bans redshirting in the next two years. I have twin 4 year old boys with a late August birthday that I had planned to put in PreK next year, not Kindergarten.

Is this really happening? If so, when would the policy go in effect and would the affected kids really be expected to skip Kindergarten and start first grade??

There is no way that a school district could enforce this. If you show up at a school to enroll your sons the year after, they must accept them. Before that, how does MCPS know they exist?

Technically the school system could involve CPS for educational neglect if you showed up a year late. Would that happen? Probably not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was informed today by my son's preschool that MCPS is planning on copying the DCPS policy that bans redshirting in the next two years. I have twin 4 year old boys with a late August birthday that I had planned to put in PreK next year, not Kindergarten.

Is this really happening? If so, when would the policy go in effect and would the affected kids really be expected to skip Kindergarten and start first grade??

There is no way that a school district could enforce this. If you show up at a school to enroll your sons the year after, they must accept them. Before that, how does MCPS know they exist?

Oh yes they can. They enroll your kid in first grade forcing your kid to skip Kindergarten. That's what happened to DCPS families.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think MCPS will be able to put a kid who registers lte for K in 1st grade. K is a required grade in MD. It cannot be skipped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was informed today by my son's preschool that MCPS is planning on copying the DCPS policy that bans redshirting in the next two years. I have twin 4 year old boys with a late August birthday that I had planned to put in PreK next year, not Kindergarten.

Is this really happening? If so, when would the policy go in effect and would the affected kids really be expected to skip Kindergarten and start first grade??

There is no way that a school district could enforce this. If you show up at a school to enroll your sons the year after, they must accept them. Before that, how does MCPS know they exist?

Technically the school system could involve CPS for educational neglect if you showed up a year late. Would that happen? Probably not.

Parents can simply homeschool their child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was informed today by my son's preschool that MCPS is planning on copying the DCPS policy that bans redshirting in the next two years. I have twin 4 year old boys with a late August birthday that I had planned to put in PreK next year, not Kindergarten.

Is this really happening? If so, when would the policy go in effect and would the affected kids really be expected to skip Kindergarten and start first grade??

There is no way that a school district could enforce this. If you show up at a school to enroll your sons the year after, they must accept them. Before that, how does MCPS know they exist?

Oh yes they can. They enroll your kid in first grade forcing your kid to skip Kindergarten. That's what happened to DCPS families.

That's ridiculous and detrimental both to the kids who they do that to and their classmates (and teacher).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was informed today by my son's preschool that MCPS is planning on copying the DCPS policy that bans redshirting in the next two years. I have twin 4 year old boys with a late August birthday that I had planned to put in PreK next year, not Kindergarten.

Is this really happening? If so, when would the policy go in effect and would the affected kids really be expected to skip Kindergarten and start first grade??

I think your preschool is confused and doesn't know what they are talking about. DC did make an announcement about this fairly recently. Please link to where MCPS has made an announcement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who redshirted her boys. Of course now she complains that they are bored at school.

Thanks because schools have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior and maturity, but refused to provide academic content.

They don't have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior--any more than they do for young girls. Some Malcolm Gladwell devotee parents look for any excuse to redshirt, and then humblebrag that the school isn't challenging there kid who is 18 months older than their peers, which is a huge chunk of a kid's life when they're in the early elementary school years.

You have no knowledge of child development if you believe this.

The demands on five year olds is age appropriate. The problem is preschools and parents are not preparing them with the current preschool models.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are at a B-CC feeder and the summer boys tend to redshirt. It’s pretty common.

So are these redshirted boys not able to play sports their senior year in high school?

Depends on if they turn 19 in the summer. They probably won't. In my old district kids were starting kindergarten at like age 6 so the 1 year redshirt was making them 19 year old seniors. I forgot that they would be starting at like 5 years old here and it wouldn't make a huge difference.

Now if a kid redshirts and then repeats the 3rd grade with the new policy on 3rd grade retention for not being able to read, it's a whole different story.

I'm not sure I understand the argument- my baby was born first week of September. All the babies in her pace group were born within 2 weeks of her, some pre cut off and some after cut off. You think the ones with Aug 30th should be blocked from sports but not Sept 5th or they all should be blocked? My kid will turn 6 2 weeks into k

You have a September kid so if you choose to wait that’s not an issue as they are within the cut off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who redshirted her boys. Of course now she complains that they are bored at school.

Thanks because schools have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior and maturity, but refused to provide academic content.

They don't have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior--any more than they do for young girls. Some Malcolm Gladwell devotee parents look for any excuse to redshirt, and then humblebrag that the school isn't challenging there kid who is 18 months older than their peers, which is a huge chunk of a kid's life when they're in the early elementary school years.

You have no knowledge of child development if you believe this.

The demands on five year olds is age appropriate. The problem is preschools and parents are not preparing them with the current preschool models.

And irrespective of whether the "demands" of kindergarten are appropriate, public schools don't kick out misbehaving 5 year olds. They have to meet every kid where they are. I'm not speaking about kids who are truly struggling--at that point the school is often the one who suggests to hold the kid back. But some upper middle income parents just can't accept that their "less mature" child may be in the middle of the pack, so they prefer to red shirt them so they have an unfair advantage over their younger peers.