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My DC is now in college, so things may have changed, but when they were scheduled to go to kindergarten we felt they needed an extra year.  MCPS at the time just had us fill out a short form  and automatically let us postpone the entry into K.  DC did attend 1/2 day preschool for that year, but I don't remember it being a requirement.

For those rabid anti-red-shirters, the cut-off at that point was significantly later than it is now.  DC would have been one of the youngest with a fall birthday and MCPS apparently felt that age was too young because they moved the cut-off date up.  There were also other issues involved which we coordinated with the preschool teachers, the doctor, and other specialists.  In school, despite being older, DC was frequently a target of bullies, rather than the bully.  I had other parents contacting me because their (younger) children were upset at how my child was being treated.

My child, while academically advanced, needed that extra year.  Fellow classmates were far better served by having DC be the oldest kid in the class than the youngest.  You don't know what issues another child may have (and frankly, it's none of your business), but you need to recognize that parents know their child better than you do.  Any parent who chooses to redshirt does so knowing that it has pros and cons and probably agonizes over the choice.  While theoretically they may exist,  I have never actually encountered any parent who chooses to redshirt so their child will have a competitive 
edge getting into gifted programs, college, etc.[/quote]

Things have changed.  Reread the post about redshirting in Boston.  [/quote]

Um, 08/30/2018 19:40 here.

I was addressing the earlier poster's statement that kids attending public school couldn't arbitrarily decide to redshirt.  Our public school district let us do just that.  The post I found (page 2) about redshirting in Boston claimed a high percentahe of red-shirters, which would seem to support my claim that public school parents can choose to redshirt.

Here's what MCPS currently has on their website about delaying K.  Apparently, parents can still delay enrollment on grounds of immaturity:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/enroll/requirements.aspx[/quote]

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