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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you want to send her early, OP?[/quote]

She doesn’t want to pay for another year or childcare/ preK[/quote]

Child will be 5.  They should go to K.  Why pay for an additional year of preK when child should go to K?  She is better off paying for a private K vs. preK if MCPS will not allow child to go.[/quote]

Well, no…by the cutoff, she will not be 5 and she objectively should not be allowed to go, barring extenuating circumstances…which are not present here. [/quote]

Child will turn five within a few weeks of starting school.  Of course, she should be allowed to go.  Are you trying to justify holding back your child by telling others they need to hold back theirs?[/quote]

…? What? You’re not a very good debater. Is your argument that the cutoff is the cutoff and no one should vary from it, or the opposite? Because if the argument is that the cutoff is a hard cutoff for a reason (such that no one should redshirt a kid whose birthday is in august / only a couple weeks before the cutoff) then the inverse is true; no one should get to jump grades just because their birthday is a few weeks after the cutoff. Did you read the original post?[/quote]

I don't think any child should be allowed to be held back.  If they have special needs or delays that should be more reason to go to K where they can get an IEP and services, especially when those parents holding back often are not having their kids in outside services to catch them up.  MCPS has early entry till 10/15 so it's allowable to for OP child to attend K.  Yes, I read the OP.  I have a child who was in the same situation.  I understand it way better than you.[/quote]

How would you know what parents holding kids back are doing with regards to services out of school? You think IEPs and school services solve all problems?[/quote]

Most kids who are held back are not receiving private services.  The parents justify it as giving them the gift of time, what ever that means, and hoping that they will outgrow what ever the issues are.  No, IEPs and school services don't solve all problems but the sooner you catch what ever is going on and provide support, the better off kids will be.[/quote]

You don't know what "most" parents do. You're completely talking out our your ass. My child received private services for OT issues during his toddler/preK years and nobody except my close family knew about it. His birthday is a week before the cutoff and we held him back and never disclosed to the school he had received services. He really did just need time to outgrow his feeding issues and improve his potty skills. K teacher said he was a wonderful student and that she was surprised we had held him back. LOL, little did she know. And little do you know.[/quote]

My kid was in far more private services than yours.  Your probably would have been better off going on time.  [/quote]

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