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[quote=Anonymous]I am a September birthday and my parents regret starting me at five but I have learning disabilities and my Mom thinks that another year at home might have been helpful for me. My younger brother, also with learning disabilities, is an August birthday and started on time. The school recommended him being pulled from kindergarten and starting again at 6. They did that. Then he was held back in first grade.

I did fine in school, I did struggle in ES and MS but came into my own in HS. My younger brother did fine in school, not great but he went to college and graduated and is killing his career.

Make a decision based on your child. If you are worried that your child is not emotionally/socially/academically ready at 5, then hold them back. I think that is a decision that is best made by talking to your Pre School teachers. I did have a friend whose son was on the cut off and wanted to send her child to K. The Pre School teachers were clear that it was not a good idea, the boy was not socially or emotionally ready. The parents agreed and held him for a year. When I talk to them now, he is still struggling with some elements of K.

I have no problem with my friends who made the decision to hold their child back. They were not ready in some element (speech, LDs, emotionally young)

My only objection to waiting are the people who are doing it only so that their child might have an academic or athletic advantage. They want their child to be the best student or have some type of athletic advantage. That is flat out ridiculous and should not happen.

The problem for the schools would be how do you sort that out?  The reality is that the schools cannot sort that out and have to accept the decision of the parents.

On the other hand, I have friends whose child was a week past the cut off and decided to attend a private kindergarten knowing that the school would have to take her as a first grader the following year. The test for early admittance to kindergarten is ridiculous, essentially the kids have to be at the level of a kid who has completed kindergarten before they year starts. They felt their daughter was ready for kindergarten and used the loop hole to get her started on what they considered on time without playing FCPS game.

Make the choice that works for your kid. I tend not to judge, unless you tell me that you want your kid to be the oldest so that they are better at sports or the smartest. Then I am going to internally judge the hell out of you[/quote]

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