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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it DOES come down to not wanting your child to be the youngest in the class. It always comes through in the end on these threads[/quote]

Nope. The only people who say they don’t want their kids to be the youngest are the anti-redshirters.

23:37 was just pointing out that the PP was a jerk. 
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This is totally illogical. Our kids ARE the youngest if we didn’t redshirt. [/quote]

To further clarify - we are saying we would like them be the youngest by one year but not more than that. [/quote]

+1.  My daughter started PK3 in DCPS at age 2 (Sept. bday) and it's been fine.  She's now a 2nd grader.  I don't mind her being the youngest in a 12-month range--she has a couple of friends a year older, and she'll just have to work hard to keep up with older kids physically and academically.  What would be a little tough is if she were the youngest in an 18 or 24-month span.  This is all hypothetical though, as I only know one kid who is redshirted (and only missed the cutoff by a few days, so he's still basically 12 months older).[/quote]

Sorry, to clarify--the child had a birthday a few days BEFORE the cutoff so could've gone to K on time, but the parents decided to redshirt.  So, the child was in my kid's class for K when technically they should've been in 1st grade.

Missing the cut off is not redshirting.  We have several friends who missed the cut off including my child.  Some of us went private to start them and some waited a year.[/quote][/quote]

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