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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just enroll your kid in kindergarten already. Yes, your kid will be among the youngest and the early years of grade school will have more twists and turns, but in the long run it's better. That way, your student graduates from high school at 17 instead of 19 or 20.

Our summer birthday started college at almost 18 and will graduate with a bachelor's at 21. A lot of her redshirted peers in the same grade are already 23. They'll graduate with a bachelor's at 24/25/26. Half their 20s are already over, and now what? Grad school? They'll be almost 30 by the time they hit the workforce...

Look ahead 20 years, OP. Redshirting actually holds your kid back later.[/quote]

Agree.  It is unfair to make your kid graduate high school when they are 19 or almost 19. [/quote]

Right on cue, the inability to do math pops up. [/quote]

Your inability. [/quote]

No, I can add. It is the anti-redshirters who cannot add. [/quote]

There will 100% be kids in my DD's class that turn 19 during their senior year. I'm not PP, but I also have a DD in 3rd and there are kids that are turning 10 this spring before the end of 3rd grade. Add 9 years to this scenario (12th grade -  3rd grade  = 9 years) and they absolutely will turn 19 during their senior year. 10 years old + 9 years = 19 years old. Meanwhile my DD that I sent ON TIME will be 17 her entire senior year.

I also know a 4th grader turning 11 in April... maybe it's just where we live, but it definitely happens.

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