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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's my understanding that in the state of VA one must turn 5 by Sept 30? So children start turning 6 in Oct, Nov, etc... And some children start at 6 if they redshirted. How can your child be turning 5 during the school year?

My child will start at age 6, along with any late spring, summer, August September birthdays- who will also start at 6. And immediately children will start turning 6. During our last school year the majority of the children in our class turned 5 by January and my child was the second to the youngest in the class.

In any case, my child will still be in the same peer group (other redshirts and kids born sept-april). The only children that could potentially be much younger than him are summer and fall birthdays who didn't redshirt. In that case, its still ok for us. My son plays with a redshirt in the class above and he also plays with a child a year younger. My child is fine with it and the other kids seem fine with it. I was only curious about what to say if asked directly by other parents and if its ok to be open about it or if it should be hush-hush/private, not because I am embarrassed, but because I didn't wanna get dragged into this redshirt drama irl.

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The kids with September birthdays after Labor Day start K when they are 4 and turn 5 in September. They are the ones starting on time yet because so many people redshirt people always ask if they skipped a grade. [/quote]

Actually, the kids in this situation really have a variety of outcomes depending on where they live.  My kid with a birthday in the first week of September would turn 5 the first week of school - except we live in Maryland where the cut-off is Aug. 31.  So we are stuck paying for another year of pre-K and she will turn 6 during the first week of Kinder next year.  [/quote]

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