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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should get in and put your kid in the appropriate class (pk4). They will let you repeat pk4 the following year if you still want to redshirt. [/quote]

I agree with this. We have a late August boy who has never been higher than 5% in height. We decided to do PK4 to see how he would do, and thought that would be the best way to determine if he was ready for K, since he'd be going to the same school. If he wasn't ready, we figured he could repeat PK4. At the beginning of the year he was obviously behind. So we did OT along with school (he had issues with motor skills) and kept up an open conversation with his teacher, who was amazing and supportive.

Suddenly in March, everything started clicking for my kid. He was on fire. I'd registered him for PK4 again, but by the May conference, his teacher said, you can have him repeat if you want, but I think he's ready for Kindergarten. So we switched him to K and are very happy with our decision. He is on par with his classmates both academically and socially. Yes, he's still the shortest kid in the class but I'm not too worried about it right now.

My point is that you may think your DD isn't ready but maybe it wouldn't hurt to try PK4. You can get a sense of how she's doing as the year progresses and she can get used to her school. If in the spring you want to repeat, then you can. If she really matures over the year then you can go to K. It gives you some flexibility. Good luck![/quote]

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