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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend’s son turned five on June 1, THE cutoff day to redshirt in our district. She’s redshirting because, what’s the point. If he had been born a few hours earlier, it wouldn’t be an option. As it stands now, he will be 6 years, 3 months when he starts K in 2021. Seems old. Maybe not. Will most redshirt if it’s an option for them this year?[/quote]

Ok, that was just plain greedy of her. Redshirting a kid born between October and December is somewhat understandable(though not justified), but a kid with a June birthday is already on the older half. I guess the fact that her son was already slated to be older than most of his classmates wasn't good enough for her; she wanted him to be at-least 7 months older anyone else in his class. If I were you, I would tell your friend that if she wants to be on a moral high ground, she should move her son up to his age-appropriate grade.[/quote]

What district are you in?  Most kids in this area need to be 5 by Sept. 1 to attend kindergarten, so kids with Oct-Dec birthdays would not be attending unless their parents applied for an exemption.

It is funny how the cutoff varies so widely by region- where I grew up it was Dec. 1, where DH grew up it is Aug. 1 I think.

But yes locally I know of a couple kids who turned 5 in August and they did not start kindergarten.  In both cases both parents work and the kids are in in-person PreK programs.[/quote]

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