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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP continuation I hope it turns out to be 5 year olds and 25% of the class but that is not what I have seen, heard or experienced at other schools. GDS could be the exception.[/quote] Yes, these children are "on time," turning entering PK at age 4 and entering K at age 5, turning 5 and 6 respectively during the summer. GDS may be the exception, I don't know. I believe that parents are speculating that their children didn't get accepted into these competitive private schools because of their summer birthdays, when in fact admissions to these schools is largely a game of numbers. Summer, non-red-shirted boys do get accepted into these schools. But the simple fact of the matter is that your child may not have gotten in even with a fall birthday. When you have 200 children applying for 20 spots, and half of those are reserved for sibs/alum/faculty/staff, the numbers work against you.[/quote]
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