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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People really forget what it looks like to send a kid to kindergarten who isn't ready.  You end up with child who continually disrupts the entire classroom and who ends up 100% miserable because they can't seem to meet expectations and view themselves as bad.

It really isn't good for the other students or teacher.  Redshirting for maturity isn't the same as for a sports advantage. [/quote]

I don’t even care if people do it for sports. Truly I do not care. [/quote]

How old are your kids? 
The only reason I care is because my kid is the youngest and it’s just annoying (not more, not less) but just annoying with grade based things for sports. Our dance studio is sorted by grade and the girl 15m older has gotten the lead every single year. I’m not anti redshirt, it’s just irritating because I see the advantage over my own kid who is as talented. I see that she is disappointed. [/quote]

Why did you choose that dance studio?  I have a dancer too who has attended at least three schools by now (she is a teen) and we have never seen it grouped by age after kindergarten.  And auditions have nothing to do with grade - certain levels of class qualify for auditioning which has to do with years of study not age.  If you feel your child isn’t benefiting from the studio, speak up with management or go somewhere else.  For dance instruction this should be a complete non issue, and I say that as someone whose dancer is a May birthday and often the youngest in her grade.[/quote]

+1. My late July DD who is the youngest in her grade is in competitive dance and that's done by actual birthday, has nothing to do with grade in school. Additionally, all classes are sorted by skill. They are still loosely grouped by age so a 17 year old isn't with a 7 year old, but there's a decent range in most of her classes. I'd say the average range in her classes is 6-10 years old. This is even for rec (non-competition kids). I would not send my child to a dance studio that sorts by grade, because that's meaningless in dance ability. There's a girl that is my DD's age who is phenomenal and dances with older kids for the most part, and rightly so, because that's where her skillset lies.[/quote]

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