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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in a wealthy public school district where the majority of parents who have February to August birthdays are choosing to redshirt their boys so they will be 6 when starting Kinder. My son’s teacher has not indicated he should be held back however I have a number of friends who work in elementary education who said they would without a doubt hold a late May birthday back.

Through preschool, our tight knit community and several activities over the last few years, my son knows a large number of kids that will be in his grade if he goes on time as planned. At least a dozen or so he is very comfortable with and sees and plays with regularly.

I am inclined to send him on time (incoming 2020 Kinder) when we will be 5 years old and 3 months and not hold him back, however a part of me is hesitant because[b] he will be the absolute youngest in the grade and there will be children a full 1.5 years older than him. [/b]Am I making a mistake here? Any advice.

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There is no way either of these things will be true. I have an end of June kid who went on time and there are at least 3-4 kids younger than him in the grade (kids born in July-august who also went on time). No way a May bday will be the youngest in the class. Also there will not be kids a full 1.5 years older. To be 1.5 years older than a May kid, the older kid would have to be born in November and redshirted. I have been a teacher for many years and never heard of a November bday kid being held back. That’s insanity. Oldest kid I know of who was redshirted was an April bday and even that was ridiculous. [/quote]

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