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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No child will be 7 in K! Even if they are redshirted they will be 6!! I wish the over exaggerating will stop on this forum. Good grief! [/quote]

How so?  My kid was 5 and turned 6 partway through K.  If I had redshirted him, he'd be 6 and turn 7 partway through K. [/quote]

Most redshirted kids have birthdays in August or September meaning they are still 6 till the academic years ends. [/quote]

Did you read the OP?[/quote]

The OP is about ONE kid, who goes to a private school (which yes, does have an incentive to drag an extra year of tuition out if mom and dad); and OP is extrapolating to “my son’s public school K class will be full of 7 year olds.”  That’s just crazy.  Whether or not an almost 8 year old first grader is “normal” at whatever private school that one kid goes to, it’s not going to be normal at OP’s public school.  If it happens at all it’s going to be extremely rare.  There’s no such thing as “pre-first” in public school and in public school that kid either gets “held back” (repeats K) or moves on to first.  And unless there are really significant issues, he would not be held back.  OP is freaking out over nothing with a sample size of 1.  Her kid will be fine.  She needs to chill out and not compare herself to others.  You never know everything that’s going on with others.  Don’t compare your life to their happy Facebook faces.  Sheesh.[/quote]

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