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[quote=Anonymous]PP who said that if the kids had demonstrated delays, DCPS would have already reached an agreement to let them delay K.

I agree the recommended approach in most cases is to start on time and utilize IEPs and other accommodations to help the kids, and that a lot of professionals will recommend starting on time specifically to gain access to certain services.

But I also know families who have *chosen* to delay K in DCPS and who have been able to do so because they had diagnosed delays. It may not be recommended, but DCPS will allow it where there is a developmental reason, especially if therapists recommend it. It's the one situation in which redshirting is generally permitted in DCPS because schools and the district would rather just allow it in an SN situation than go toe-to-toe with a family to force them to start on time.

Which is how we know these parents have no demonstrated delays with these kids. Because DCPS is digging in their heels and will not budge, and the parents are resorting to increasingly desperate moves like trying to get PTAs at other schools on board. If DCPS had any reason to just permit the delay in these specific cases, they would.[/quote]

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