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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I've definitely seen this more with boys than girls.

If girls had birthdays past April or May, they were sent at the age of 5. If boys had birthdays in April or May, they were held and put into K the following school year. Just my observations.

I've definitely seen kids start school at 6+ and then they are turning 7 in K, 8 in 1st grade, etc etc. You can also add in maturity to your decision - some kids just aren't ready and some are. [/quote]

What about August/ September? That seems like the most likely to redshirt since they would otherwise be 4 when starting.[/quote]

DP. It’s becoming more frequent for the summer birthdays. Covid and the closures kind of blew the lid off the redshirting rates and a lot of teachers and principals like it too. It seems like most June-August birthday girls are sent on time but September has higher rates of redshirting. For boys it’s about 50-50 for the June-August but well over 50% redshirted for September. Again this is just my observation and I believe it’s more common now after the closures. So you may not see it as much if you have those middle school+ students who were already in school when Covid hit. [/quote]

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