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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My son has a September birthday and there's no way we will hold him back just on account of his age. [/quote]

FYI, in MoCo the cutoff is 9/1 so you won't be holding your kid back, he will just miss the cutoff and be one of the oldest. [/quote]

Any kid up to an Oct 11th can enter K if they test in. My daughter has 7 kids on her school with birthdays in Sept and Oct. she is one of them :)[/quote]

I am aware of that, but this parent won't be holding their kid back.   They would be pushing them ahead in that case.  [/quote]

But for my daughter, in my eyes, it was holding them back.  She was socially and academically ready to attend school.  So I get what the PP is feeling.  It was only about 8yrs ago that they pushed back the entrance date month by month. And funny thing is, more people than ever are red shirting their kids, even with the age requirement going up.  So now you have people that sit and wonder with their summer birthday kids.  You shouldn't.  They should be in K unless there is a developmental issue.  A kid who can't sit still could be even worse waiting a year.  They will be bored in class, not challenged and EXPECTED to be on good behavior, more so than the youngest group.  I think red shirting backfires for the most part and moms are afraid to admit it.  [/quote]

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