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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, is this child attending McDonough? I also live in Baltimore and McD takes redshirting to an entirely different level than the other privates. [/quote]

No, Gilman. [/quote]

you are so gross OP. gossip!![/quote]

Yes OP is disgusting, gossiping about a child who.is likely identifiable now. That is supremely horrid behavior. Wow. [/quote]

A couple things.
It's McDonogh. No "u" in it. 
And the kid won't be identifiable. Pre-First is a standard Baltimore thing. There are full classes of kids, so this kid is one of many. He is going to be entirely typical among his Gilman peers.

Because it's a standard thing, if you choose not to do a Pre-First year for your kid born in the second half/fourth quarter (depending on the school) of the academic year, your kid may be at a significant disadvantage until things even out at the older ages. I don't know any parents who weren't pleased with Pre-First and I don't know a single kid who feels like it was a bad thing. Probably because it's part of the private school culture here. It's also common for kids who go to Jemicy to repeat a year if they transfer to one of the mainstream privates, so there are a whole bunch of ways kids end up older for grade than someone not part of the culture would expect.

My child is a summer birthday, was not redshirted and did not attend Pre-First, attends a Baltimore private, and does just fine. When you get to be 14 years old, if you're reasonably competent, you are capable of competing academically with a 16 year old, especially if the 14 and 16 year old have been on a similar academic trajectory. The 16 year old might have some advantages, but not enough to be of issue. I find contact sports more concerning, but that's easy to solve by avoiding contact sports.[/quote]

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