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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew ... failed first grade, and his parents put him in a small private school where they mixed first and second grade together.

I think it was a collosal waste of money.  The boy was just too young and slow.  But his parents didn't want him to be embarrassed by repeating a grade in the same elementary school.[/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]You sound pretty terrible.  If he failed first grade, he had to be held back.[/quote]

Yes, but he could have repeated at his public school for free.  That private school tuition would have paid for college, instead of putting the family in debt.

So I support OP.  A few months make a huge difference in development at a young age.  Children are wonderfully resilient, and the extra year can be quite helpful.

I was the opposite, put into kindergarden one year early.  Then we moved, and my new school offered me the opportunity to repeat kindergarden in the "big, colorful room".  That made me skeptical.  I figured that if it was really good, then they would have bragged about the academic rigor and placement instead of baiting me with the room.  Mostly, I wanted to be with the "big boys".  [/quote]

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