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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you find a cheaper option ... you just do.

[b]Or send him to public K and consider the idea of having him repeat K the following year[/b]. Btw, neither you nor your DH has a crystal ball re: the future and either decision -- to redshirt or not -- is  reasonable. Chill.

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Unfortunately this is not a good plan, because these days it’s very very rare that the school will allow it. My good friend grappled with this decision for her son and ultimately came to what felt like a good “non-decision decision” - they sent him, with the idea in the back of their minds that he probably could benefit from another year, but they could have him repeat K if it still seemed like a good idea. However, then the school wouldn’t let him….despite the fact that he struggled socially, academically and behaviorally - and despite the fact that her son’s K teacher even said it would be a really good idea. The administration absolutely would not allow it. My friend and her husband advocated hard and has multiple meetings, going up the chain…but they were stonewalled and told absolutely not, and ultimately were not able to. He’s in 3rd grade now and they still regret it and feel like it really was the wrong decision, but there’s nothing they can do (short of pulling him out for private school, I suppose). All that said, don’t go into it thinking this is an option because very likely it is not [/quote]

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