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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I lot of schools around the DC area highly encourage, if not require, you to redshirt summer birthday boys - so often it's not the mom's decision or personality, it's the school. [/quote]

Are these the elite, prestigious or run of the mill private schools?   [/quote]

Both, from my experience.  Countless schools told us that DC would need to wait until the following year or repeat their current grade if admitted because of a late birthday.  They believe that the age difference across a grade puts the younger children at a disadvantage socially.  We inquired with many schools and were given the same answer.  We didn't want to waste our time applying to several schools that would not consider promoting DC to the next grade, which for DC would be K.  We eventually decided to apply to the schools that said they would consider not red shirting, but didn't make any promises.  We truly didn't want to red shirt DC but it was the schools choice and seems to be the accepted norm. [/quote]

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