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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need to change the rules.  It's getting absurd.[/quote]

Non-DC resident here but curious:  What exactly ARE the rules on redshirting?  I'm shocked by these threads!  I'm in NYC and there is a strict public school rule that all kids born in a given calendar year start K, etc. So you have kids born January-December 2014 all in one grade, etc.   I'm not sure under what circumstances exceptions are made but unless you send your kid to private school redshirting is basically not an option.  I know a handful of people with Nov/Dec babies for whom the rule really did compel them to look at private schools (this after overspending on real estate in the best public school district prior to getting pregnant) but other than that redshirting really isn't brought up.[/quote]

NYC resident here too.  I don't take a hardline against redshirting -- that would be hypocritical of me as I am redshirting my late December kid (a private that uses year-end cutoff but will allow redshirting in some instances).  But I am amused when I read threads worrying about June or other summer birthdays being too young for K ("It just seems so young for K and sitting still!")  I'm like June?!  Seems old![/quote]

Most people on this board are talking about Maryland - which has a September 1 cutoff or Virginia - which has October 1.[/quote]

Yes I know.  I'm referring to different perspectives on what is "young" for K.  Just noting that what people think is a developmentally appropriate age for K is largely based off on what their district's cutoff is -- here there are comments about how August kids in general are not ready, and June iffy, whereas those months are not even questionable in other districts. [/quote]

Yes, I grey up in NY and at least back then (30 years ago), they were really strict about the cutoffs, and you could basically only redshirt if there was a documented developmental delay. Conversely, I was born 4 days after the cutoff and they were not at all flexible pushing me ahead into the grade ahead even though I was beyond ready. The only way around it would be to go to a private school for a year and transfer, which my parents (accurately?) thought would be too disruptive. So, I was always the oldest in the class who had not been left back for delays. As a mature/precocious and smart kid it SUCKED, especially in the younger grades. Couldn't believe my peers did things like nap and cry for their mommies. [/quote]

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