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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they are overcrowded, yes they will be more strict.  It sucks but I recommend that you fight for it.  The curriculum is so ridiculously slow and my child (an Aug birthday) is bored out of her mind.  [/quote]

I truly do not understand this.  What is too slow?  If the child is a precocious reader, is she not allowed to read at her level?  In math, there are things like "make an addition fact family". That can be using 5+2=7 or 326+408=734. [b] Right?[/b]  [/quote]

Actually, no. There is a kindergarten curriculum. Here is the curriculum guide: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedfiles/curriculum/elementary/parent-guide-traditional-kindergarten-en.pdf

Nonetheless, even a child who has already mastered everything in the kindergarten curriculum should not be "bored out of her mind". There are plenty of non-academic things to learn and do in kindergarten.[/quote]

Ok, we all get the trend is to hold back kids.  For some kids, yes, it makes sense, but not for others.  It was a disaster for my child.[/quote]

I am the PP you're responding to. Who said anything about holding back kids? As I understand it, kids admitted through EEK typically have mastered most things in the kindergarten curriculum. My kid definitely had. So had my other kid who went on time. Neither of them were bored in kindergarten.[/quote]

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