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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I revive this? My child was born two days before the cutoff in DC, which is late so as to scoop up all those at-risk kids (which is great). But he’s a boy and now the pandemic. I think it’s reasonable but I was met with so much resistance and formality from his teacher. I don’t want him to be 16 starting his senior year of high school. Does this make me unreasonable and trying to get him to have a leg up on his peers? His speech therapy is on hold and he’ll miss most of kindergarten. Am I nuts for wanting to hold him back?[/quote]

You're not nuts as long as you're just putting him in school in learn. As long as you don't have him sign up for any competitions, your decision is fine.

And by the way, it's not like he'd be 16 his entire senior year, just the first few months. There's a BIG difference between starting 12th grade at 16 and turning 17 before the new year, and starting 12th grade at 16 and turning 17 after the new year.[/quote]
Really? No competitions? Lol. It’s not like PP’s kid will be 19 his senior year. Why is it fair for an October 1 birthday to compete, but not a September 30?[/quote]

No, he won't turn 19 his senior year, but he'll turn 19 the year he graduates from high school, which really isn't that much different. And to your last question, you have to draw the line somewhere. If the cut-off is October 1st, that means that the class of 2034 is designed for kids born between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2016. Someone born on 30 September 2015 is not part of that age-range, and therefore should be in the class of 2033, the age-range of which is 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015, which they obviously are within.[/quote]
This is a weird argument. The Oct 1 birthday and everyone else after will also turn 19 the year they graduate HS. Shrug. I have no problem holding kids back with August and on birthdays if it’s appropriate to do so. PP you sound militant for some reason, like your child didn’t make a sports team and you think it’s because there were older kids. Yeah that person on the other thread who wanted to hold their May birthday back was wacky but contrary to popular belief, this isn’t all that common. [/quote]

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