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(I have yet to see large numbers of 15 year olds in middle schools or 20 year olds in high schools, so that&quot;s not a big factor to worry about.)[/quote]

Was the trend as pronounced 10-15 years ago as it is now?

Though, I don't anticipate &quot;large numbers&quot; of children 2 years behind. I do anticipate large numbers of children one year behind (where large numbers equals &gt;25% in a given environment). And a few outliers who are 2 years behind. It used to be only a few outliers were 1 year behind, so I am curious where things will stand in another 10-15 years.

I also wish I could flash forward and see what the children who were redshirted or not do with their own children.[/quote]

In the mid to late eighties, Virginia gradually switched deadline from 31 December to 30 September. It took a few years, so among kids who entered K in those years there was at least a 15 month age span within each grade. Families had a fair amount of discretion to send their children or not during those years, with the date moving back a month each year, so there were a lot of September, October, and December birthday kids who were a year apart from each other in those classes.  
So, if you went to school in Virginia and you are in your late twenties or early thirties, this was your school experience. What did you think? Were you very aware of the age differences in the kids in your grade? Did it make a big difference in your experience of school?
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