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We have friends with a similar conundrum - Kid turns 4 in September.  Only difference is that these parents never applied to charters last year because they couldn't envision there kid in an all-day program yet.  Are they morally more justified to apply for PS3 (since they never got a shot) than we are?[/quote]

Thanks for the follow-up. I don't think your friends are any more morally justified. The PS3 programs are for 3 year olds. It's unfortunate that the competition for spaces is such that parents don't feel that they have the option of waiting until their kids are ready. But that's how it works.[/quote]

It's too bad that parents don't feel that they have a choice to hold their kids back when needed.  Our high regarded charter allows this on case by case basis, as I am sure most schools do.  It's not good for anyone - the child, the teachers or the other children - to have children who are not ready in PS or to "promote" kids who could use another year in an early childhood program.

Hopefully the schools are able to weed out the parents like OP who are trying to game the system so that this option remains available to families who really need it.[/quote]

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