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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So he’s already 5 now and turning 6 this May? Send him — a kid turning 7 in kindergarten is ridiculous.

K success is about learning how to learn, and it sounds like he’s got that. His social skills are on point, he’s got solid pre-literacy skills, and he’s able to follow directions and get/stay with the day’s program of activities. He’s ready for a new challenge, and will be bored out of his mind with another year of preschool. Keeping him back when he’s already been kept back (shouldn’t he have started K this past September, at age 5.5?) is not a kindness.

- Parent of May birthday boy, middling height and weight, started K at 5; now varsity athlete, excellent student, great friend [/quote]

No my son is 4 and will turn 5 this May. 
If we hold him back, he would turn 7 his kinder year. Otherwise he will turn 6 the last month of school. [/quote]

7 in K is too old. 18 his entire senior year is WAY too old.[/quote]

We are leaning towards sending him. This is just the norm in our area to redshirt May to Aug kids. 
March/April it is common to redshirt as well. I know a few Jan or Feb kids held back for no reason. It’s just extremely common. That’s why a lot of people push it because the gap is so big if you send on time especially for the younger kids. There could be kids 14 months older than him
in his class. We have another son who is 2 years older and also May that went on time. I do see the advantage some of his older classmates have. We hoped to keep our kids two grade levels apart though. It’s also hard to explain to one why he was held back and the other wasn’t when they have the same birthday. Any second is actually a week earlier in May. [/quote]

I guess you shouldn't have held your first back. Don't punish DS2 for the mistake you made with DS1.[/quote]

What are you even talking about? 
My older son is 6 and in first grade. He turns 7 the last week of school. What mistake did we make exactly? - OP[/quote]

"It’s also hard to explain to one why he was held back and the other wasn’t when they have the same birthday."

Sorry, misread. This sentence confused me since the younger one hasn't been held back yet.[/quote]

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