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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are crazy about redshirting nowadays. My June 2016birthday daughter will be starting Kindergarten on time this year BECAUSE SHE'S READY, as are most children her age. I know a ton of families redshirted their spring-born children this year, so I know that she will be in school with children that have spring 2015 birthdays. We know a boy that has a May 2015 birthday and DEFINITELY should have been in Kindergarten this year, but his parents didn't want him to do virtual K and refuse to start him on time in first grade next year. It's absurd. He's going to turn SEVEN in Kindergarten. My seven year old is in 2nd grade right now.[/quote]

I don’t know. My September birthday kid turned 7 the first week of first grade. So turning 7 in K maybe doesn’t seem as ridiculous to me as it would if my older kid had a spring birthday? My 2nd kid is May 2016 and he’ll be going to K in the fall on time, but it wasn’t until very recently that I thought he’d be ready for K by September. I have several friends with May/June boys who feel like some of the issues their kids have had in school have been related to being on the young side. For sone kids, I can see it being a tough call.[/quote]

My September child turned 6 in first so yes it’s too old.  [/quote]

Sorry, but my kid turned 6 the first month of kindergarten in September because she wasn’t allowed to start early. Oh well. Must be 5 by 9/1 or you can’t start. Different rukes in different places.[/quote]

We are in the DMV... in MD you can do early entrance through 10/15.  A child going to K at 7 is too old.  Yours is fine especially if they are not academically strong or otherwise they might be bored in school as ES curriculums are generally slow.[/quote]

DP. Hold up, crazy anti-redshirter. Are you saying here that you think that because YOUR September kid turned 6 in first, people who follow the cutoff rules and send their about-to-turn-6 kids on time to K in districts with a 9/1 cutoff should instead apply for early entrance? Because, I guess, you say so?

Man, every time I think DCUM anti-redshirters can't get crazier, one of y'all says "Hold my beer."[/quote]

First, the discussion is about a March kid and yes, parents should consider early entry as it makes no sense to hold a  5 year old back.[/quote]

To you, it makes no sense. But you aren't part of the decision making process and really have no right to judge. The schools allowed it and the matter should be settled. You don't get a vote about a child that isn't yours.[/quote]

If the redshirted child is keeping the poster's age-appropriate child from winning competitions due to their unfair age advantage, then yes, the poster does have the right to get annoyed.[/quote]

Again - age does not correlate absolutely with academic success.  So this is just a bizarre comment and train of thought.  Get a grip.[/quote]

You are responding to one of DCUMs dim trolls. They cannot manage rational thought. It's like trying to speak French to a rock. [/quote]

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