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If this were one or two kids, it really would get lost in the noise. But like I point out, at my kid's school, she's the youngest by 3 months, and she has a June birthday. It's ridiculous.[/quote]

What school does your child go to?[/quote]

A non-DC private.[/quote]

If you wanted a class with less redshirted kids you should have gone public.  It's common knowledge that redshirting is common in privates.  [/quote]

It wasn't common knowledge for me, and it's not something any of the schools disclosed. Since I've been in the private school environment, I've learned it's very common. It's also not uncommon in my area public schools, in part because test scores are so important that there's a ridiculous over-investment in K and 1st graders becoming fluent readers. While it's perfectly age appropriate for a child to still be an emerging reader at 6, 7, and gaining fluency at 8, perhaps even as the child approaches 9, the schools need their test scores to reflect how fabulous they are. This encourages redshirting. My child had a friend who year-after-year (until 3rd grade) was recommended for retention solely on the basis of reading scores. Everything else was on or above grade level, but because that child was taking a little bit longer to become a fluent reader, the school wanted to retain her.

That's not for the benefit of the child, that's for the benefit of the school. But they sell it as benefiting the child. Not stressing her out. Giving her more time to mature. She ended up perfectly fine, because she was perfectly fine all along, because there's a range for brain development and becoming a fluent reader. Schools don't care, public or private.[/quote]

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