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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a belief that summer boys can not cut it, I wonder if there is a unknown rule about blacks and hispanics.  When do they need to turn 5 by?  Is the same April cut-off or is it Jan. because they need the extra time?  This is discrimination pure and simple.  Privates, will almost come out and tell you that summer boys are not ready, and there numbers would bare this out.  This is discrimination and if they said that there cut-off was different (earlier) for blacks and hispanics they would be sued and run out of town.[/quote]

I am so confused. My Black son was denied entry into first grade, though he completed K last year. The reasons both public and private schools have noted are his age versus everyone else's. He turned 5 in May of 2011. The children entering K are 6 plus years old, some are 5 to 5 1/2.

What does this have to do with being Black, Hispanic, vegetarian, fat, skinny, pretty, or weird? The conistently presented issue is one surrounding the age of an entrant, not color. Now if you say it is sex discrimination, then I would stand behind you in the fight because I was told a boy is not as mature, regardless of the fact my child's test scores indicate he paces beyond first grade academically. He will be homeschooled, until we figure out what to do. He is not repeating Kindergarten.

I don't know where you live, but the Maryland Department of Education indicates a child must be 5 by some point during September to start K and 6 by some specific date in September of the year of enrollment. Early admissions tests can be given to children who will turn 5 no later than Dec. 31 of the year he or she is trying to enroll in K, or 6 by Dec. 31st of the year to be enrolled in 1st grade. For early admission to K, they must pass a test, which will not be given until they have sat in the K class for 6 weeks. I cannot speak for other counties in MD, but know Montgomery public and private schools follow those guidelines strictly as noted by the state.

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I don't know what private schools you think you know about but private schools that we have been to (4 at last count) do not follow the kindergarten requirements at all. Each school decides what they want to do very specifically for each child. If a school does not think your kid is ready for that particular grade, they will ask you to repeat if you want to attend that school. This happens not just for K but upper grades as well. (3, 6, and 9) Private schools do not have to follow state ed requirements. Public has to have 180 days. Many privates do 175 days. Maryland has a new environmental requirement for graduation. Not true for privates. Public's have a community service requirement for graduation, each private has it's own ideas regarding community service. Being private means that each school decides on its own requirements for graduation which is why they are private.[/quote]

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