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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't read all these responses - but just saw this thread and wanted to comment. I have a May birthday boy and he is a rising senior in high school in MCPS.

He is perfect and is completely fine as a rising senior. He is a good student, has friends, is definitely mature for his age and grade and is ready for college.

I would absolutely send a May birthday - he has other May friends - we never even considered holding him back - he is studious and totally appropriate for his grade.

The only thing I notice is that most of his friends that have summer birthdays are a whole year ahead - they will be 18 this summer (mine will not be 18 until May of his senior year, obviously) - at least the summer boys were all held back.

It really doesn't matter now except that some have had their driver's licences for longer.[/quote]

How is May even a discussion?[/quote]

Our cut off is Sep 1. So if summer is acceptable June 1- August 31 for redshirting, is there that much difference between a kid like my son born May 30 to a kid born June 1.  It’s a few days away. For what it’s worth we aren’t red shirting but I know for a fact that every summer birthday is holding back because I know who isn’t moving on with him to K next year. The parents have already declared the year they will start because we start Kinder readiness activities in September for the following year. Maybe it’s a regional thing but it’s just what people do. Many spring birthdays will be redshirted as well, from February. It’s the worst for May kids because that is a grey area and they usually will be the youngest, save for the small handful of summer kids who go on time. Someone has to be the youngest and we will just make sure our son gets a little extra help to keep up. The concern is always that the older kids are perceived as gifted and more athletically inclined and they get extra attention which follows them through the years, when really they are just older. Our district is very competitive to begin with so we will just have to come to terms that he will have to work that much harder to keep up. [/quote]

June 1 is also ridiculous. Does that make you feel any better then -  May and June 1 can be the same. Also - what region is this regional to?[/quote]

We are in Nashville in Franklin. 27% of kids are redshirted in total. This is what someone else said about the specific district:
The data from my school (in Franklin) is that 27% of the kids could be a grade higher based on age.

Redshirting is a huge problem and one they really need to address. I did the K tour with my youngest last months and there were GIRLs born in March/April who were being red-shirted. I can't think of any reason for any child to be starting K at 6.5.

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/nashville/1816952-brentwood-redshirting.html#ixzz5tJtWhtEy
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What difference does it make with gender?  No one should be held back, especially kids with special needs and delays.  Some kids like mine are basically forced to stay back if they have a September birthday which is horrible.  Mine would have started at 6 but I was not agreeing to that.[/quote]

I'm just quoting someone else in the same district as me. It's just facts that 27% of kids are being redshirted in our district.
You're not making any sense. First you said your kid started at 4 and then you said they would be forced to start at 6. 5 is the age kids should generally be starting Kinder.

What is your children's bday and what is the cut off date? It sounds like they went on time according to the schedule and were just young for their grade.[/quote]

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