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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my family's story.  My sister and I went to school when the cutoff was December 1.   Both of us had late Fall Birthdays (two years apart).  My mother did not hold my sister back but she did hold me back a year.  My sister struggled throughout her entire school career both academically and socially.  She started college at 17 and was not ready.  On the other hand - I did very well academically.  My sister and I are very different people - so I am not sure you can say that holding me back made all the difference, but my mother swears that holding me back was the best decision she made and she wishes she had held my sister back too.   [/quote]

This is a concern that I have for my 3rd grader whose birthday is at the end of November.  He started in Montessori and the cutoff was 12/31.  Now he seems a little less mature than his peers.  He seems to fit in a lot more with 2nd graders and he's struggled academically since 1st grade.  He works so hard but he just doesn't seem to "get it." I really regret not holding him back in 1st grade.  If things don't improve by the end of the year, I may have him repeat 3rd.[/quote]

If you are in public school, you may not have that option.[/quote]

Really?  Why not?[/quote]

Because ultimately it is up to the school to have the student repeat, or not.  If the child is on-grade level, it is unlikely they will let him repeat.  It will cost them an extra year's worth of per-student cost to do so.

This is why the decision really needs to be made at the time the student will enter kindergarten.[/quote]

Understood, thanks![/quote]

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