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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bonkers thread. I’ve never rooted against people so hard as I do these parents. (And I generally support wiggle room.) they’re really saying the quiet part out loud. I’m sure they’ll get their way in the end, unfortunately.[/quote]

These parents think they can always get what they want, always have the system bend to their needs, etc.  These are those parents that want DCPS to have a strict absence policy for kids in other wards but want their kids to be excused for their trips to Paris because it’s educational.  [/quote]

A trip to Paris is educational. The fastest way to a defunded department of education is to not show an understanding of this. Taking away someone’s trip to Paris gets you nothing, and then gets what you have taken away.[/quote]

Missing school for a soccer tournament is also educational. So is attending the Westinghouse competition. Call CPS for any of this, call CPS for redshirting, while leaving other kids abused and you will get an immediate loss in support for institutions you want to be strong.

Loosen absentee policies on other wards if you want, but take the steps to make public schools the best they can be if you’re going to send your children there.[/quote]

By the way anti-redshirters, you know this is where things are headed next right? CPS investigates your trip to Paris.[/quote]

And what will CPS do exactly? I mean in a world of DEI it would be “nothing” which is the same as what they do when kids in other wards miss school and can’t even say where they were….[/quote]

They are desperate to justify holding back their kids to give them a perceived edge without putting any effort into their kid like the rest of us do. So, they are bringing up all kind of nonsense.   If anything if you don’t enroll your child in k on time or have them in an academic setting or homeschool, then cps might get involved due to educational neglect.  [/quote]

Listen, what you did for your family is between you and your family alone. That doesn’t give you license to tell others how to parent. You’ve not a heroine mom, you”re not a model to follow.

Most of all, Karen, stop meddling in other families business. They will raise their kids however they see fit.[/quote]

Your choices impact our kids and their school experiences.  They expect our five year olds to act like 6-7 year olds in K vs. the age appropiate 5 year old.  And, then you act all inflamed when our younger kids surpass yours as you refused to work with them at all.  I feel bad for kids like yours.  You have all the time in the world to fight with others online but you cannot take 30 minutes a day to work with them.[/quote]

It’s certain your kid didn’t “surpass” mine whatever you think that means. I’m also guessing you’re far from the perfect parent you imagine yourself to be. If this thread is any indication, your social skills are non existant and I’m hoping you didn’t pass on to your kid and didn’t mess them up irredeemably.[/quote]

My child took algebra in 6th, BC in 10th... is your child don't that?  And, not a brag, just a smart kid who enjoys math.

Why do you feel the need to hold your smart, non-special needs child back a year?  Why do you tantrum and have a fit, and bully vs. answering basic questions?  If there were a good reason, the school would probably work with you.  If your social skills are super high, why aren't your child's?  Sounds like its time to get off social media and work wtih them as they are going to miss K.[/quote]

I see, you’re the type that never misses an opportunity to whine about redshirted kids and brag about your child’s academics. Both qualities are guaranteed to endear you to other parents and win you many lifelong friends. They do go hand in hand, perhaps some redshirted kid scarred you for life by doing better on a test than your progeny, and you clinged onto that bitterness for years.

Sorry to deflate you pride, but my kid did both Algebra and Calculus in earlier grades. I’d add that it’s far better to focus on your kids accomplishments alone, instead of comparing with others or being too invested in what others are doing. There’s always somebody that’s better in some aspect.

To be clear I didn’t hold my kid back, and also it’s none of your business why parents want to to do that. Nobody owes you any explanation on the topic.[/quote]

DP. sure, it’s no individual parent’s business to decide. That’s why we have a system, with rules, that sets the rules for everyone. [/quote]

In principle I want a system that is flexible so that it maximizes the benefits for as many students as possible. If parents want a flexible kindergarten start age, they should get it, regardless of what an old hag is crowing about on the sidelines because she thinks it’s a zero sum game and the success of one kid is taking away from hers.

Enough with the rules excuses. The rules are made by us, the community. New rules are made all the time, and frankly I care more about a child succeeding than these arbitrary rules put in place by some soulless administrator.[/quote]

You’re the kind of parent that makes every teacher and administrator’s job 10x harder. You and your kid are not special. Follow the rules. [/quote]

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