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[b]Why isn't the parental claim of immaturity not enough? Do you think that you are a better judge of the child's maturity than the child's parent?[/b][i] Also, why do you care? If you think that it actually gives the child an advantage, then you, too, have the option to redshirt. Or, if you think that it doesn't give the child an advantage, then it really shouldn't matter to you at all if a different parent makes a choice for their child that you personally disagree with.[/quote]

What I don't understand is why a parental claim of immaturity is enough to redshirt, but a parental claim of advanced maturity isn't enough to start early.  And early entrance opportunities are limited to 6 weeks, when even allowing for "summer birthdays" only, redshirting covers a full 25% of the year.

I feel like it should be the same for starting early or starting late.  For example, have a buffer (one month or 6 weeks seems reasonable to me).  If you are within that buffer, parents can make the call.  Otherwise, stick to the dates.  But it should be a small buffer and it should be the same process for starting early or starting late.

I would actually be all in favor of ability grouping rather than age grouping.  And I would love legit multi-age classrooms.  But if the schools is going to say that they can handle all kids of a certain age are in a certain classroom, and then the school will differentiate and support, they should actually stick to that line of reasoning across the board.\

Why do I care?  Eh.  I don't really care all that much.  I have an April birthday boy in 1st grade and he's doing just fine.  But it's an anonymous forum the internet.  People comment on all sorts of things that don't directly effect their day to day lives.[/quote]

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