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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know there are many that say you should do the early entrance but here is my story ....   My kid has an early October bday and was reading probably at 3rd grade level before K. We debated doing early entrance but did not.  He started on time when he was almost 6 and its the best decision I ever made.  Yes he was bored in elementary school but he is HS now, plenty challenged with a magnet program.  I am so grateful that he had these extra years of his childhood.  It's better for social things and sports.  Win / win.    [/quote]

Most magnet kids are NOT redshirted kids. Everyone can pick out the redshirt kids within a few weeks. It isn’t a good look. And no one ever takes your child seriously. You were either shirted for sports or shirted to “mature” and usually the latter is a character flaw, not an age issue. We have a red shirt boy in 5th grade that then repeated 1st grade. He is turning 13 in June and is always bragging about smart he is. Clueless kid.

Also all club and travel sports are by birthday, not grade level, so kid’s would never be with their peers in their own grade. So the sport issue makes no sense.  [/quote]

My kid is not redshirted.   Anyways, I know there are a lot of feelings on this topic but just wanted to share my experience.   Sports are a hobby here but my kid is on the smaller side - glad he had that extra year for everything.

For us the extra year of was a god send.   Especially glad im not sending him off to college at 17.    Childhood is too short, why rush through it?  [b] So you can brag that they skipped a grade or started early? 
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Wow, no.  That’s not why we did EEK. Why the need to be so rude?  I don’t care what choice you made for your kid, but you can keep your negative judgement to yourself.

We did EEK for our own reasons and I’m super glad we did.  We certainly did not brag about it.  Who does that?  [/quote]

EEK is not really early admission.  Kids are turning 5 within 6 weeks of school starting.  Many of our kids were reading and had been in programs prior to K so they were ready to move on.  Academically ES and even MS is very slow, so I am glad we did early entry.  I cannot imagine my MS being in ES this year both academically and socially.  The brag, if anything is that posters ability to recognize what her/his child's needs are and was able to meet them.  To hold back because strangers on the internet tell you to to make them feel better about their choices makes zero sense. [/quote]

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