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This is what the complainers always say.  That they somehow think parents are cheating.  They really have no idea of the variety of kids out there and the reasons parents make this decision.  And they have younger children,more often than not.  Those of us with high school kids can tell you it really, really doesn't make a difference.  Chill out.  There's really nothing to be gained by working yourself up over what you perceive to be someone else's vanity.[/quote]

You say that, but my conversations with the PreK, K, 1, 2, 3 grade teachers who are impacted by the decisions suggests otherwise.  Sure, by high school, they have all gone through puberty, have the option for drivers licenses and can compete physically with each other on the fields and courts.  In the younger years, the academics and social structures are being engineered by parents who are making a determination that their child, based on no physical or mental impairments, need more time so they can be groomed into leaders and class achievers.  At the end of the day, their kids realize they are being paired with kids a year younger.  It is sad, and the school administrators should not encourage it.

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