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If you child is turning six in Sept they must go to K. A lot of "rising 6 year olds" born in Aug and Sept go to K.

[b]If every child followed the rules there would be no issues.[/b] [/quote]

Now there's a generalization. Do you think that it's best for every single child, under every single circumstance, everywhere, to go to school according to the general schedule?

Also, the people who hold their children back for a year from kindergarten actually are following the rules. The rules explicitly provide for this choice. If you think that the rules should be changed so that they no longer allow this choice, then you should work to change the rules.[/quote]

What's all this talk about rules? The cut-off in our area is September 1st, and DS was born September 9th. At first, we were somewhat relieved that he would have to wait till he was almost 6, but in the months leading up to his 5th birthday, it was very clear that he was ready for K and that waiting another year would drive him crazy. So we had him take an early entrance and he passed with flying colors, so he started kindergarten right before he turned 5. So technically, we didn't follow the rules either. Why? Because if we had just blindly followed the guidelines, he would be bored to tears. He's now 8 and in 3rd grade, reading at a 5th grade level, gets his work done early, and his teacher still has to find extra work to give him. I can't imagine what it would be like if he were in 2nd grade. The bottom line is that not one size fits all. If we had a child who made the cut-off, but had not been ready for K, we would have held him or her back. Kids need to be grouped by ability, not age. Just because a child misses the cut-off does not mean that he or she isn't ready for K, and just because a child makes the cut-off does not mean that he or she is ready for K. It all boils down to the individual. [/quote]

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