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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My issue with this former teacher's statement is that she wants us to stay "within the guidelines"- what guidelines?  if you're 5 by 9/30 must go to school- but then you have some exceptions and then simple redshirting- so the system allowed major loose decisions before age 5 but - oh no- if you are 2 day past that date- well, we have that date for a reason.  The "guidelines" should be a lot firmer on the other end to prevent this huge age discrepancy in grades.[/quote]

Huh?  From Arlington Public School's website:

[i]Children who reach their fifth birthday on or before Sept. 30 [b]may [/b]enter kindergarten.  . . .  If your child will be six years old by Sept. 30, Virginia Law requires you to enroll your child in school.[/i]

How is this unclear? You [i]may [/i]go if you are age 5 by September 30.  You [i]must [/i]go if you are age 6 my September 30.  A child attending at age 6 is simply waiting until required to go to school instead of enrolling when first permitted to go to school.  The guidelines clearly provide a two-year window and what is being called red-shirting here is within that window.[/quote]

I don't really care about your redshirted kid, but you are taking VA law out of context. It is basically saying that Kindergarten is optional (not that you can start K at 5 or 6 years old - that discretion is up to the district). In VA, you can decide to skip K and enroll your kid in first grade. You are required to have them in school by age 6 (on or before Sept 30), and that generally means first grade. That's why it's called FIRST grade - K isn't required or needed.[/quote]

You are incorrect. [/quote]

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