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[quote=Anonymous]Look, there are places where redshirting is broadly accepted or even encouraged. Including in this area at many private schools and in some of the suburban districts.

DCPS is not one of those places. They take a pretty hardline on redshirting for better or worse. There are a handful of upper NW schools that have had principals who turned a blind eye to it when it happened, largely for political and "keep the peace" reasons. But those were outliers and it makes sense to bring Lafayette into line with the rest of the district where this practice is simply not allowed at parents' discretion (there are situations where it is permitted because of demonstrated need -- I know parents who have delayed school because their kids had diagnosed delays and it made sense for them, but those parents jumped through hoops to make it happen and it wasn't just "eh I don't want my kid to be the youngest or smallest").

That's just how it is. I'm sorry these parents thought that this little exception would continue to apply at this one school after the old principal left and they screwed up. Sometimes that happens. I screwed up with a decision related to my kid in K (was offered a lottery spot at another school but decided to stay out our IB and later regretted it) and it's hard to accept you messed that up. But parents make mistakes. You accept it, do what you can to address it, and move on.

What you don't do is throw a giant hissy fit in the media and demand the entire district change its age policies to accommodate your mess up. Come on. These parents made a mistake and I'm not going to indict them for that but they are taking it WAY too far. Your kid will recover from missing K (especially given their SES and the high education levels of parents) but at this point these people are embarrassing themselves.[/quote]

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