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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a child was born Sept 4 they have to wait until they are 5 to start K by Sept 1.  So they start kindergarten Sept 1 and a few days later they turn 6 years old. This is the child who is tupically the oldest in a K class, with the youngest just barely turning 5 years old on August 31/Sept 1

If someone redshirted a child born August 1, then they are 6 yrs, 1 month when they start kindergarten.... born in May they are 6 yrs, 4 months when they start kindergarten. So THEY are the oldest.

How in the heck did someone keep their child back an entire year so that by February they are 7 years old????  That's crazy and not in the intention of redshirting.

So, for you, OP, [b]you can and should INSIST that those 7 year olds NOT be in your child's classroom in 1st grade.  Tell them it's because they are bullies and too old for the room, and not working for your child.  And tell them not to move OTHER 7 year olds into your child's 1st grade classroom (assuming you have multiple K classes in your school)[/b]

You have the right to request that. You can also work hard to change policy going forward, but all you can do now is try to keep your child from being in a room from now on with children who are nearly 2 years older than your child. [/quote]

I missed this gem. Definitely do this, OP, and report back!

The crazy always leaks out. Always. [/quote]

The school is never going to do this. You don’t even know if these kids were redshirted. My nephew was held back in first grade with a March 10th birthday. So he turned 8 in March of his second year of first grade. And nobody cared. He graduated high school at 19 and is in his junior year of college now at almost 22. He was never advanced academically or bullying any other kids, if anything it was the opposite. [/quote]

People noticed but no one is going to shame a child for their parent's choices.  In 1st grade, my child was 6.  That's a huge difference between 6 and 8.  [/quote]

Yes, he was six when he first went to 1st grade as well. The school held him back, not my sister. Which might also be the case with these 7 year olds in Kindergarten. They don’t promote your child to the next grade just because a parent wants them to. [/quote]

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