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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the rule is: A child who will be six years old on or before September 30 must attend school. A qualifying parent may elect to provide home instruction for his or her school-age child in lieu of school attendance. More information is also available by calling 571-423-4460. Kindergarten programs are housed in FCPS elementary schools.Apr 4, 2013

Then explain to me how kids are able to be redshirted.  [/quote]

This is true for many areas, including MCPS--parents may delay kindergarten for a year, and only a year, unless they opt for home instruction.  So, a child who will turn 6 on or before Sept. 1 (MCPS cut-off) or Sept 30 (FCPS cut-off) must be enrolled in school.  Most of those children will already be enrolled in school, in first grade, but some who are red-shirted or retained, will be in kindergarten.

I teach kindergarten (in MCPS) and a 7-year-old child in kindergarten is not the end of the world.  I whole-heartedly disagree with the OP as she has presented her case, but let's not confused the notion of a kid turning 7 in May of their K year with a kid turning 7 at the beginning of their K year.  I have a lot of international students, and this past year I had a boy who had never been to school before and was six years old.  He was enrolled in kindergarten (in his home country, children start school at 6-7 instead of 5-6).  He turned 7 in early May.  It was NBD.  Because of his language proficiency, he was academically on par with the other students.  Yes, there were some kids who turned 6 after he turned 7, so for a few short weeks, I had a 7-year-old student and 5-year-old students in the same class.  Everyone survived.

Having said that, though, I would definitely NOT recommend keeping an academically and socially ready child from attending kindergarten on time.[/quote]

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