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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This bugs me to death. My DD is one of the youngest in her private school.  She has a late July birthday and they have an August cut off.  Kids in her class are up to 2 years younger.  In the younger grades she had to work harder than everyone else but now that she is older she has caught up.[/quote]
Two years older, you mean?  If I read you right, that means a full 11 months older than the August cut off. And you reference multiple kids at or beyond 11 months older than cut off. If so, that's significant. Please tell us all what school that is!  Help us be informed shoppers!  TIA. [/quote]
I meant my DD is up to 2 years younger.  A kid in my DS kindergarten is repeating for "maturity" only.  I think in that case the parents can't stand their snowflake not being number 1 in the class.  I had to deal with my DD having a "reading" problem at the beginning of first grade because while she was barely 6 there were almost 8 year olds in the class...such BS ....[/quote]
Thanks for responding. I'm still trying to understand though how severe this red shirting is. What are the birth months of the 3-5 oldest kids in the class?  All August of the year before the formal cutoff?  Two in August, and three in July?

Also, what school is this? Sounds like a real problem. Are you planning to leave it?[/quote]

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