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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe parents think kindergarten should start at 5. Really capable kindergartners start at 4. https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2020/2/4/21178551/your-child-s-birth-month-matters-nyc-students-born-in-november-and-december-are-classified-with-lear/

We need to level the playing field and match our rules to the rest of the country. Parents bragging about their 5-year-olds are so jejune.[/quote]

If kids aren’t ready for kindergarten at 4, then parents just need to stop being lazy, work harder, and get them ready.[/quote]

Seriously why. What’s the rush for? What are you chasing?[/quote]

But also, in New York, 1/3 of students are forced to start at 4. The rule doesn’t care if you as the parent think it’s a rush.[/quote]

My kid started at four.  It was fine.  [/quote]

There’s always one.

Either way, let’s change the law here to start at 4. Invite all the challenges NYC is dealing with into our classrooms.[/quote]

NY has a different age cut off so yes younger kids are in K (cutoff is December 31).  My niece turned 5 in November of kindergarten in NY.

To your comment about challenges in NYC classrooms, as if DCPS doesn’t already have those same challenges.  Ever step foot in a DCPS school besides your upper NW WOTP school?[/quote]

But how is it fair? Some people should be advantaged just for living in DC? America should have the same kindergarten age. DC parents would be considered “redshirting” under NY law. They shouldn’t be allowed to do that. They just want to advantage their own kids.[/quote]

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