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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to add - agree with all PPs above to talk with principal and trust your own instinct.  A lot of people say it's not these years that you see the differences, [b]but it's turning 18 in college (rather than high school) and turning 21 after your peers in college that the child really notices it.  I agree that academics are usually guided by your intelligence rather than how old you are.[/b]

I am parent of a September birthday at JKLM school, and decided to "redshirt".  I've had some many rude parents say something to me - I never tell them my child was being evaluated for a life ending illness in Montessori K year.  Therefore a second year of K made sense for us.  So make your decision and just know that you will get criticism from both sides - too old and too young.

And our principal told us that it was her decision on when the child started and it what grade. Hope this helps![/quote]

How old you are in college has very little to do with whether or not redshirted. Many people take longer than 4 years to get their Bachelor's Degree, so someone who goes to college straight out of high school and graduates in 4 years is going to be among the last of their friends to turn 21, redshirted or not.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_326.10.asp

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/aug/11/ron-johnson/average-college-degree-takes-six-years-us-sen-ron-/

http://business.time.com/2013/01/10/the-myth-of-the-4-year-college-degree/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/education/most-college-students-dont-earn-degree-in-4-years-study-finds.html

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d14/tables/dt14_104.20.asp

In-fact, if someone graduates college at 23 or 24, it's a lot more likely that it's because they took longer than 4 years to earn their degree rather than having been redshirted.[/quote]

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