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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MCPS, it's easy to request kindergarten a year late.  If your child is in a special-ed pre-school program, you don't get an extra year of that.  So you have to pay out-of-pocket for an extra year of the 4s class.  So what is the harm of that happening in DC?  I just don't think parents should be entitled to an extra paid year of pre-k.  If a kid was born in September, there is no difference from a kid who was born October 1 and is in the next grade.  They are days apart from birth even if they fall into the next grade per DCPS' rules. [/quote]

If people want to advocate for a change to DC's rules, they should do that.

The problem here is that DCPS has had the same rules for 20 years, but a handful of schools in upper NW thought they were the exception, so DC is bringing those schools into line with the rest of the city. That's it. They are being asked to follow the same rules as everyone else.

I'd happily have a conversation about whether we should change the rules and if so, to what. But the reason we aren't following MCPS rules here is because we are a different district.[/quote]

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