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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going strictly by the age guidelines, you could have the following situation:

Kid A could have been a micro preemie who was due at the beginning of January, but was born on September 30th.

Kid B could have been due on September 23rd, but instead was 8 days overdue and born on October 1st.

According to DCPS guidelines, Kid A has to enroll in kindergarten this fall, but Kid B can enroll next year. Does that seem right to you?

There should be a little flexibility. I was born early, which made me eligible to enroll for kindergarten a year earlier than if I’d been born on my due date. I’m glad my parents held me back. I feel like I was in the correct grade and my classmates were peers.[/quote]

There is flexibility. There’s a process. And as stated before, for things like developmental delays, ESL, traumatic history, neurodivergence, etc. If these parents fell into an any of these categories, they’d make sure that was the headline. If their kid was a micropreemie, they’d have put it up on billboards during this ridiculous campaign. That’s not the case. They’re naturally and normally near the end of DCPS’ cutoff (and not all are late September…) and have just always thought they were special. They are legitimately making this harder for people who do need this process and it’s EMBARRASSING. [/quote]

Wait - you know of a “process”? A clear, legitimate process? Can you share more?

How do you go about doing this?

I’ll wait…..

The whole issue here is that there isn’t a process or consistency for any of this or anything DCPS does. DCPS created this disaster but failing to have any real procedures in place. They caused this by allowing the lottery and enrollment site to allow enrollment for kids past the “cut off” without question.

What they should do now, is walk it back - cooperate and then put in place clear rules going forward.[/quote]

The rules are that your kid can't redshirt without the principal's signoff. That's always been the rule. At most, what has changed is the amount of discretion the principal has now that Lafayette moms screwed this up for kids with actual issues so very badly by causing DCPS to focus on what standards/process principals themselves are utilizing. (FWIW the MySchool lottery actually prompts you to confirm your intent if you try to misregister your child.)[/quote]

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