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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would.  No need to rush her through K-12.  She will be better prepared and more mature when the times comes for college decisions, career paths, and being successful in college.  The youngest people I knew in school growing up were the Nov/Dec birthdays and every one that I can think of took 5 yrs to graduate and had some big bumps along the way- even though they were objectively smart and did well in high school [/quote]
She wouldn’t be rushing though, she’s going on time..[/quote]

In today’s school landscape, that is rushing.  The only reason NY has a Dec cut off is so the low income people have access to free childcare (kindergarten) sooner.  That is it.  [/quote]

You don’t even know what you are talking about. There is free 3K and pre-K in NYC. Literally they have a pre-K seat for every four year old who would like it, and it’s high quality and used by plenty of middle class and affluent families, not just low income. [/quote]

No such thing as free “high quality” preschool in US[/quote]

There are some great preschools and the head start program is generally very good.  However, at some point the longer you wait to start academics the harder it is on the kids and if there is an issue in reading it's best caught early vs. waiting.  So, starting a child at age 6, means they wouldn't get to see a reading specialists till they are 8-9 as generally most schools wait till 2nd or 3rd grade and you've missed a key window for remediation.[/quote]

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