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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What? It satisfies no one. There are a million reasons why. Let's start with:

Do you then tell the incoming class of K to just not attend school? If not, then you have a huge swell of kids to teach - who is paying for that? 
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They stay home and the federal government pays. Obviously.

Actually, this might be the stick that gets the federal government to enact truly universal prek 3-4 everywhere.[/quote]

What I believe pp meant is that the following year would include all of the kindergarteners who sat out a year plus all of the next year’s kindergarteners. You would have a double sized bubble of kids moving through the school system for the next 13 years.

Obviously  :roll: [/quote]

So? That's better than the alternative, which is that most kids just lose a year of schooling.[/quote]

Most kids aren’t losing a year of schooling. If you want to hold your kid back, go ahead. No one is stopping you.[/quote]

Contrary to the threats we probably all got growing up - it's exceedingly difficult to hold a kid back. Lots of people are trying to stop you. And you can only do it once in a child's education. We fought tooth and nail to keep my daughter back, and would love to do it again, but there's no way that's possible. [/quote]

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