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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're 1-60 days older than the next oldest kids, not than the entire class. So a redshirted kid with an August birthday could be 13 months older than another kid with a September birthday in the correct year. You don't think that can make a difference in middle school? This is why I asked if there were any middle school teachers on the thread who might weigh in.[/quote]

Great point, PP and I the the PP you quoted. Precisely why we waited...no need for our DC to be 361 days younger than the oldest, in theory, in the class. And no...I don't think it makes that much of a difference in Middle School; our DC is 4 days older, hypothetically. No real difference from the next oldest. Now, if you want to change the topic from why parents wait for their children to BE 5 before entering KG and instead ask why parents they send 4 yr olds to KG and what the effect is in Middle School, I am right there with you. Again, we are ONLY talking about a handful of kids that are born in Aug/Sep and would BE 4 at the start of KG and so their parents make the choice to wait until their child IS 5 before entering KG.[/quote]

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