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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the objective is equitable options for every student, what DCPS should do would be for every child make a decision if they are K ready. Even if you are already enrolled in DCPS, have the same standards applied across the city so that children who are in PreK3 / PreK4 do not get social promotion into K. Reframe the message that some kids stick in PreK and not make it a thing for moving to K.  If a parent disagrees with the decision that the child is K ready, there is the appropriate supports in place. 
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I agree with this line of thought. In addition, allow the parents of summer babies to make that decision if they want to enroll their child in k or stay another year. The age gap is still acceptable and those kids would still complete high school as ~18 year olds.[/quote]

Then go private why should tax payers pay for an extra year of preschool?[/quote]

I never mentioned anything about tax payers pay for an extra year of preschool. I simply proposed to give the parents leeway to decide when their summer child should start K! 
And there is already a DCPS policy in place that students cannot repeat a school year. What I proposed is separate from retaining two years.[/quote]

If the child is in DCPS PK then that does mean an extra year of public PK. [/quote]

If you enroll your kid in PK4 and then decide the kid isn’t ready for K, that’s an extra year of Pre-K.  Thr logistics of that each year would be difficult to manage from a school standpoint and a staffing standpoint.[/quote]

What’s the difficulty in management?
It is actually a win-win resolution for everyone: the parents can decide during pk4 if their child is ready for K or not. They can stay through if the child is ready or move to private, then they can come back to public if they wish so for the compulsory K. No extra cost and no management burden incurred for public schools. The parents are absorbing the cost, but at least they have a choice. This is a reasonable choice. And it is a win long term for the child and any future classrooms that the child will be in. Plus, they would still be 18 by the time they graduate.[/quote]

Why is it so hard for you to follow the rules?   If you had a good reason they might work with you but you don’t.  [/quote]

What is the good rationale behind a September 30th date? And rules are meant to be challenged and improved. That’s a good motto to teach our children if we want them to grow up and go on to make a positive change in the world.[/quote]

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