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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is in first grade and has a June birthday.  Out of 26 kids, she's the SECOND youngest.  It hasn't been a problem, really - she's bright and on par socially.  It's just crazy that the first week of school (late August), when my daughter had been 6 for all of 8 weeks, we went to three 7 year old bday parties (all for girls). Cut off for our private is October 30, so just shocking that no one seems to send their kids at 5 anymore.  The difference between a newly 6 year old girl and a newly 7 year old girl was pretty stark to me, but I imagine that will change as they age.[/quote]

This is helpful and exactly what I am wondering. I'm wondering what *most* people are doing. DCUM is vehemently opposed to red shirting but I do not know what is actually happening in schools now.
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I think you should try to get information about your particular school/community.  If you're going for private school it's one thing - I've read several places, including in this thread, that private school students (like PP's daughter) are more likely to have been held back.  My son is in first grade at a public school in northern Virginia and there were several summer and September birthdays after or around (like within a couple of weeks prior) of his.  I know of three boys who were held back, one an early July birthday and one a late September birthday, and one of those was for a diagnosed speech delay for which the child still receives speech therapy.  Another was a kid who went to kindergarten on time, really struggled and his parents chose to have him repeat kinder at a private program (he also receives speech therapy).

My point is, before my son started K I heard a lot about how "everyone" was redshirting their kids where we live but in my experience it is more of an aberration and for a reason that is specific to the child, not just a general desire to not be the youngest.  I'm not sure these anecdotes on DCUM is going to give you a good idea of what is going on in the school your children will be attending.[/quote]

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