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[quote=Anonymous]I just found out that my late summer brithday DD is being grouped with kids who will enter K a year later than she will for preschool in the fall, and I’m not thrilled about it! This past year, DD’s class consisted of kids who will be in the younger half of the grade when they enter K in fall 2027. Now she will be in a class with kids who will be in the older half of the grade entering K in fall 2028.

DD’s birthday is two weeks before the K cutoff in our district. We plan to send her to K on time (fall 2027). However, it now looks like she will spend preschool with kids who will be a grade behind her when they enter elementary. I guess it doesn’t matter so much for this year, but I’m unhappy that she will spend the year before she enters K with a class of kids who are not going to K in the fall. (Because of the way the class sizes/progression work out, she is very likely to spend the rest of her time at preschool with this younger cohort.)

It sounds like the decision to group DD with the younger kids was truly just based on numbers and not readiness. All August birthdays and at least one earlier summer birthday from her current class are being “held back,” which is not typical at our preschool. Our current teacher gave me a heads up about the situation and was apologetic. DD has loved her current class and will be super sad to leave her friends. And I’m unhappy that she likely won’t be getting to do the “pre-K” year before she heads to Kindergarten.

Am I out of line to be disappointed by this? I don’t think complaining to the admin will change anything since she’s not even the oldest kid in this situation.[/quote]

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