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[quote=Anonymous]1. Children with developmental delays should already be in the educational system via Early Intervention( birth to age 3), after that time they transition to Special Education services provided through the local school district.

2. Allowing parental choice can create an unmanageable age range(18mos-2yrs)  When I lived in Pennsylvania, Kindergarten red shirting was common. Educated, affluent parents used the rational of maturity to justify their decisions,  basically the criteria was if their child has a summer birthday they would delay Kindergarten entry for an additional year. Some parents openly cited desire for their child to be bigger in MS & HS to gain a sports advantage or the ability to drive before their friends-as an educator, I found this appalling.

3. There are no universal birthday cut off for Kindergarten, they are determined locally. September 1 was the cutoff where I lived, there was no flexible ily or exceptions. . Therefore, my son was 5 years and 11 months when he started Kindergarten, I would have preferred he start the year before. When we moved to DC, the cutoff was September 30.[/quote]

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