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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is doing you a favor.   Do you really want your kid going off to HS before their 14th birthday or to college when before their 18th?   Tell your kid that they just have to redo Kindergarten at the new school since those are the rules.    Sure, they might be a little bored for some of their elementary years but you get an extra year of their childhood.   High school has all the challenge any kid could want.
signed,
parent of an older kid who is grateful they are not going to college at 17[/quote]

I turned 18 about 2 months into my freshman year at college (my school district cutoff was 12/31 and I have a fall birthday)...it was totally fine and the only difference from the kids that were already 18 was that my parents had to sign my freshman housing contract.  I think it would have been worse to be 18 for my whole senior year - to be a legal adult but still be treated like a child.  I was also 21 for less time at college, which was definitely a good thing.[/quote]

Agreed, holding kids back reduces their time as adults and is not for the kids needs, but the parents needs.[/quote]

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