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[quote=Anonymous]Let me preface this by saying I am not looking to start a debate about redshirting. Our decision on when to send DD to Kindergarten will be driven by what school we decide to send her to.

DD is currently 3 YO with an August birthday. Her birthday is 10 days before our local public school cutoff. We may send DD to public school, but our first choice would likely be to send her to a private school. The private school does not have a hard age cutoff for K, but they almost always tell 4 YOs with mid-late summer birthdays (especially August birthdays) to come back next year to apply for K.

DD will likely do fine in K as one of the youngest, although I’m sure she would benefit from being on the older end of the class. If we were set on sending her to public school, we’d send her on time. However, since the private school is our first choice, we’re considering holding her back to try out chances with private school admissions. We’re hopeful she’d get in (I’m an alum of the school), but that’s obviously not guaranteed. And it would seem kind of silly if we held her back and then she ended up at public school anyway. Has anyone else been in this situation? WWYD?

FWIW, we’re going to start the private school application process this fall but are fully expecting to be told to wait another year. [/quote]

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