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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt this will matter to the already derailed thread, but there have been boys redshirted all over the city.

It's not a strictly Lafeyette, or strictly NW, or strictly Ward 3 thing.[/quote]

I live in NE. I asked to redshirt my August birthday kid (in part due to Covid -- she missed PK3 due to Covid and seemed immature for K to me) and was told no and that it was not permitted under DCPS rules. We know lots of summer and September birthdays at our school (the young kids from the grade seem to gravitate towards each other) and none are redshirted.

I was very surprised when this story surfaced to learn that redshirting was fairly common at Lafayette or any school. It is unheard of at our DCPS and I can't imagine them allowing it absent SNs.[/quote]

So you let a faceless bureaucrat who doesn't know jack squat about your kid overrule you?  Even though you were confident that you did not think your child was mature enough for kindergarten?

People on this thread are quick to trash "rich NW parents" for standing up for their kids but at least they're standing up and not getting railroaded by some DCPS numskull.[/quote]

PP here. Yes, I took no for an answer. I didn't want to make enemies at my child's school but making a big deal about it. I knew other parents who also asked and were also told no.

Perhaps if you aee wealthy and used to having others bend the rules for you, it seems obvious you should keep pushing. In my experience, that's a good way to get your family discriminated against in the future. Perhaps you have not experienced discrimination or living in a world where most people don't care what you think  and where you have very little power.[/quote]

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