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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Our school cutoff is September 30 and our daughter has an October birthday so we didn’t technically redshirt but complied with the policy and had her be one of the oldest in kindergarten.[/b] Many other parents with fall birthday kids petitioned to have their kids go ahead because they were all so very smart and reading Harry Potter at 5. We doubted ourselves at the time but now she’s in 8th grade and it is so much better academically, socially, and athletically to be among the older ones. I’m really glad she didn’t go ahead.[/quote]Same. We’re in Fairfax Co where cut off is 9/30 and our DD with Oct birthday went on time. So she wasn’t redshirted but worked out that way due to her birthday falling much earlier than most kids in her class. In elementary, she was accepted into Advanced Academic Program (AAP), and in middle school she took high school level Algebra 1 and Geometry class. This year, she  is a freshman in high school and doing well. [/quote]

If she had a different birthday what would have been different?  We did private as we missed the cut off and ours technically went early.  Only difference is ours does pre-cal as a freshman, so went early and in advanced math.  There is a huge difference between the cut off issue where some areas allow for flexibility and others don't (ours you can either test in but our school would not allow test in or you can go private and switch after 2nd) and deliberately holding your child back a year with a March-August birthday.

For all the drama people make over high school, I cannot imagine my child being a grade younger.  And, in HS the bigger issue is in classes activities they mix from Freshman to Seniors so you pretty much have 14-19 year olds in both classes and activities, and having a 14 year old with an 18-19 year old has its issues but that happens regardless.  My child is only one of a few freshman in several classes.  But, them being a year older would not help that as then they would not be in the proper academics.[/quote]

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