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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused.  This person did something close to a double red-shirt?

My DS is early October, and is one of the older 3rd graders at 9.

But you're saying this kid missed the cutoff by a few days and is already 9, but that would basically mean they were a full year older than even the oldest kids?

Anyway, I feel you OP.  I'm SO TIRED of my best friend complaining that her son isn't challenged in school.  If you wanted to your kid to be challenged, put him in the GD grade he's supposed to be in![/quote]
NP but I think it goes like this:

Young Five the 5yo just before the cutoff, immediately turns 6

Kindergarten at 6, immediately turns 7

1st at 7, immediately 8

2nd at 8, immediately 9[/quote]

My DS has a friend that has a December bday (Oct 1 cutoff district) that started school a year late. He did turn 9 in December of his 2nd grade year. So maybe something like this. But i don't think this is a normal "redshirt" as his bday is actually after the cutoff.

My DS with a birthday a few days before the cut off was redhsirted. And he turned 9 in 3rd grade.

Kinder: started as 5 yo and turned 6 a month in (if not redshirted, he would have started as a 4yo)
1st: started as 6 and turned 7 a month in
2nd: started as 7 and turned 8 a month in
3rd: started as 8 and turned 9 a month in
...

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That is not what OP is describing. It’s normal to start k at 5 and turn 6 a month in; that would just be a kid w an October bday who started on time. Op is saying there’s a kid who started k at 6 and turned 7 shortly after k started.[/quote]

"whose birthday is just days before the cutoff. They didn’t start K until she was 6, almost 7."

I'm trying to figure out how this statement works in the OP.

I'm giving an example of my DS with a bday a few days before the cutoff and redshirted. And he still started K at 5 and turned 6 shortly even with being  redshirted.

So for this kid to start K at 6 and turned 7 shortly, they must not have a bday a few days before the cutoff. 
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It depends when the cutoff is.

My district has a September 30th cutoff, but school starts end of August. So a child born right before the cutoff would either:

If sent "on time": start K at 4, turn 5 a month in.
If redshirted: start K at 5, turn 6 a month in

Since a kid with a 10/1 birthday would also start K at 5 and turn 6 a month in, no one would care about a child like that being redshirted here, and in fact it's common.

In order to have a 2nd grader who turned 9 a month into school here, you would either need to redshirt a September birthday twice OR redshirt an October birthday. I've never heard of either of those but would assume some kind of developmental delay or other issues if I came across it.

Even in the case of a developmental delay, i'd have questions about a child like this in my kid's classroom, because even with cognitive delays, their physical age would be two years older than my kid (July birthday, not redshirted). Having a kid that much older and more physically mature sounds like a bad idea, especially if they may have developmental issues or special needs.[/quote]

Your example child would still turn 8 at the beginning of 2nd grade. OP is talking about a child who turned 9 at the beginning of 2nd grade. My July birthday child turned 9 the summer AFTER 3RD GRADE.[/quote]

You didn't read the whole post. I agree that OP cannot be talking about a child who was redshirted in the traditional sense -- she has to be talking about a child who was either redshirted for two full years, or a child with a birthday days AFTER the cutoff who was redshirted (so redshirting a child who as already the oldest or one of the oldest in their "natural" cohort).

I have a summer birthday who will also turn 9 the summer after 3rd grade. I would not want her in a classroom with a child who turned 9 at the beginning of 2nd grade. She has several classmates who will turn 8 before the end of 1st and this is already problematic to me (she's in first now), so a child 4-6 months older than that would just exacerbate this problem.[/quote]

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