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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it sounds like one of the families moved into DC over a year ago and is trying to use that as an excuse. No explanation why they didn’t enroll in K this year.

They complain a lot that they didn’t learn that the school wouldn’t let them enroll in K next year until just months ago (so they didn’t have a chance to choose to enroll in K at the beginning of last year) — but did any of them check with the school that they could hold their kid back? It sounds like they all just unilaterally decided to redshirt and now are surprised pikachus. [/quote]

Or you could just mind your own business and not worry about other people’s kids.

I don’t understand what the big deal is. Let them redshirt if they want to. Pages and pages of nothing burger.[/quote]

So, my kid who is on the young side but fits the age criteria has to be a confidence-builder prop for your redshirted kid who is 13 months older. Eff that, go to private school if you want to play games like that.[/quote]

Exactly. Absent a genuine developmental reason, redshirting disadvantages the kids who enroll when they are supposed to. [/quote]

How are those kids disadvantaged? They know what they know, focus more on your kids knowledge instead of their rank in the class.

I’d rather my kid is average in a class of brilliant kids rather than the smartest in a class full of dummies.[/quote]

The held back kids are also at a disadvantage as they are not with [b]age appropriate expectations or academics.[/b]  [/quote]
The expectations and academics of the modern-day kindergarten classroom are not age appropriate. That's the issue. [/quote]

Of course they are?   My kid has sn and if anything it helped.  Why did you not prepare your kids if you thought it would be too hard for them?   [/quote]

It's not that it's too hard, it's not developmentally appropriate. 5 year olds should still be painting, playing with play dough, yes, learning to read, but also playing blocks, dress up, etc.  [/quote]

My DCPS kindergarten did all of these things.[/quote]

Great for you. All the ones I've been in don't. It's 98% seat work. It's abysmal. [/quote]

false. But if you have so much disdain for DCPS don’t send your kid there. [/quote]

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