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[quote=Anonymous]The only solution we found for an October birthday was to have our child in a Montessori school, some of which will take children under 3 years for the 3's year.  You then go through kindergarten there and start your child in 1st grade wherever they will accept her.  There is probably a test given, but others have done this and if you go to a school that prepares them well enough, it isn't usually a problem.  There are also some traditional schools that don't adhere to the cutoff, but there are just less of them, so you have to check around.  My oldest was an October birthday and it turned out fine to keep him in his year so if you want to hold your daughter back that would be ok too, but the second child makes the decision a little more difficult I think.  I kind of wish Virginia schools were similar to Montgomery County schools where they let children test in 1 month after the cutoff date, but for now you usually have to do kindergarten private if you want to go that route.[/quote]

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