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So then you have no idea what it's like in our shoes, as parents of children who turn 5 in July or August, starting K with kids who turned 5 LAST summer, and are now more than a full year older than them, and teasing them on the playground for being babyish and not wanting to play them them.  I'm not worried about academics for my son I'm worried about the social aspect of him being picked on for being the youngest, smallest, and least socially mature boy in a class with kids who were held back, are over a year older than him, and then pick on him for being small![/quote]

Yes, THIS. I don't think redshirting should be allowed in any school.

I have a child with special needs with a spring birthday who I sent on time. He is physically small, with a speech delay and physical delays. Every one thinks he is younger than he is. He has physical delays, so being around older and bigger kids with more coordinated physical skills is not only intimidating, but can be unsafe for him. It does not help that many kids in his grade were redshirted so they are a year or more older than him. More mature, bigger, etc.

If everyone was sent on time, including special needs kids, things would be much more even.[/quote]

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