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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to add. There is a cut off date for a reason. Just because your child may be acedemically ready, doesn’t mean she is socially (and not just now, in future years) keep them little while you can! [/quote]

And in MoCo at least there is also a test in mechanism for a reason: some kids are ready and if op's kid were accepted through the normal channels, so be it.[/quote]

Mid-September baby here who started "early" -- I was perfectly fine, still advanced academically throughout school (and I shudder thinking about what it would've been like not being allowed to start early) and socially had no problems. Some kids are ready. Some aren't. Blanket statements are unhelpful.[/quote]

+2.  I had a pretty similar experience, also an early Oct. baby who started K at 4 (although school system had a Dec. cutoff).[/quote]

Plus, I'm guessing that OP doesn't want to pay an extra 20K for daycare when her kid is so close to the cutoff.[/quote]

I have a friend who insisted her DD be able to start early since they were moving from an area with a December cutoff. Her DD has an early October birthday. K went fine, but she started struggling in 1st grade and is really struggling in 2nd. She’s since been diagnosed with anxiety and it’s gotten harder for her socially in 2nd grade.  My friend was sure her DD was ready to start and didn’t want to pay for another year of Pre-K. Now she wishes she had waited. You have to remember it’s not a decision that’s made just for K. It’s a domino effect. It works for some kids but really doesn’t for others and 4 is usually too early to tell. [/quote]

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