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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People really forget what it looks like to send a kid to kindergarten who isn't ready.  You end up with child who continually disrupts the entire classroom and who ends up 100% miserable because they can't seem to meet expectations and view themselves as bad.

It really isn't good for the other students or teacher.  Redshirting for maturity isn't the same as for a sports advantage. [/quote]

I have zero problem with redshirting for maturity. But I agree with OP that outside of a certain age window (say within 3 months of the cutoff, which would cover all summer birthday for a Sep 1 cutoff), a redshirting decision should require some kind of assessment or evidence of delays. Because some people will say they are redshirting for maturity, but they aren't. If you are redshirting a January birthday, and there is no clear evidence that it's necessary, I just assume it's because you are trying to work an advantage.

Bracing to be called a "crazed anti-redshirter" even though I literally just expressed support for redshirting in 3, 2, 1...[/quote]

NP. Your position is pretty much the most reasonable one on this thread![/quote]

It's the literal premise of the thread, but some posters freak out at any implication that ANY form of redshirting might cause problems for the rest of the cohort. It's baffling to me. Some flexibility in cutoffs is good because kids mature at different ages and some kids absolutely have delays or special needs that can be addressed by a later start. But the idea that ALL redshirting is fine and that it doesn't matter at all if there is a 2 year age range in a grade is so weird to me. If that's your attitude, why have cut offs at all? The whole point is to create a somewhat cohesive band of kids who are largely in the same place intellectually, socially, and emotionally.[/quote]

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