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[quote=Anonymous]My son has been accepted into our IB DCPS next year for PK. However, the teachers and director at his current PS are strongly recommending that we enroll him in kindergarten. He's an October birthday, so just misses the cutoff, and a very tall boy who looks older as well. They say he is more than ready academically and emotionally for K (reading, writing, advanced at math, plays with the older kids who are also heading to K) and that PK will be a wasted year for him. The principal at our DCPS allows October birthdays to enroll in K and has at least one other boy doing so next year. We were initially reluctant to the idea of making him the youngest in his grade, especially knowing that the trend is for the opposite, for some parents of boys to red shirt. (The principal does not all that at our school.) But I'm thinking more seriously about it now. I know a lot of DCUM parents would say this is a bad idea, but I'd love to hear from any parents who have actually done it. How has it worked out? Any regrets, especially as your child has gotten older? I know my son will be fine in early elementary, but my concern more is for middle and high school, having him be younger than his peers. TIA[/quote]

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