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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Florida the cutoff is September 1st. Kids have to be 5 by September 1 to go to K.

I've never met a September boy who was sent on time and that every teacher he met didn't wish he'd been held back. [/quote]

We held our September kid back.  It was terrible academically and they had to skip a grade.  I don't care what teachers think.  They often do whats best for them, not the kids in Elementary.  I am so tired of the boy hate.  If a boy isn't prepared you need to look at the parents and preschool, who did not prepare them.  The play based preschools are a waste of time.[/quote]

You certainly didn’t make the right decision and the school had to correct it.

Elementary school in the 70s, 80s and some 90s is when parents followed the guidelines.  Kids were held back or moved forward as necessary but it wasn’t that often. More often now is parents aren’t doing what’s best for their children’s education, they are doing it to try and get an advantage over the other students.   Not a great reason to hold a child back for a whole year.  [/quote]

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