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[quote=Anonymous]Giving this a bump for 2024.

We sent our son with an end of July birthday “on time” to Kindergarten at our local public school. He did well and we decided to switch to private after K for a number of reasons (had no principal, lackluster front office/admin staff, limited supervision at recess, several friends transferred, etc.), and I’m now seeing the big picture that he will be one of the youngest all throughout his schooling. We seriously considered repeating K in his new school given the switch, but his teacher said he was reading and progressing well/that he would be bored in another year of K. He is bright, athletic, and social, which I don’t take for granted and know all kids advance at their own pace, but I’m noticing many of his friends are in K and learned almost half of the kids currently in K are actually his same age (or older!).

The redshirting trend seems to be the exception vs. the rule in private schools here and I just didn’t realize this until after we made our decision to keep him moving along to 1st grade. I know I should be grateful he’s doing well and just hope it won’t hurt his maturity or emotional growth over time given the older age of his direct peers. Will he forever feel behind or resent us for not putting him in the same age bracket as his classmates? Would anyone advise repeating 1st or is it too late at this point? He has said he doesn’t want to do this. His current teacher in 1st also says he is doing well and doesn’t advise repeating.

Would love to hear how this has panned out for anyone in a similar situation who pushed ahead vs. those who gave the gift of time. I also get that pandemic schooling may have heavily influenced many out there. Anyway, I appreciate the differing perspectives here and just need some reassurance. [/quote]

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