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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hold her back. Pretty much anywhere else in the country she wouldn’t be eligible to go. The Ny thing makes no sense - kids going to college at 17[/quote]

Mine kid will turn 18 a few weeks after starting college.  No big deal.  Why lose a year of your life being held back?[/quote]

Omg she would be GAINING a year of life by holding her!  Not losing.  She gains another year of development — socially, emotionally, academically, physically, in every way — before having to deal with expectations of school.  Absolutely give her this GIFT[/quote]

Don’t forget to remind her of “the gift” when she’s a 19yo senior. [/quote]

Half the people in this thread seem to not understand OP’s daughter’s age. The cutoff is 12/31 meaning that a Kindergartener has to turn 5 by 12/31 in order to start K that year. This means a November birthday (OP’s daughter) would start K at age 4 and turn 5 in November. If she stays in that grade she will start her senior year as a 16 year old, and then turn 17 in November. She will then start college at age 17. If OP holds her back, she would start senior year as a 17 year old and turn 18 in November.[/quote]

You seem to forget many of us have fall kids.  And, my kid technically started at 4.  No big deal.  They will turn 18 within a few weeks.  Read all the problems people post having an 8 year old all of senior year.[/quote]

18 years old most of senior year is normal. It's supposed to be that way in the vast majority of states where the cut off is 9/1 or 9/30. Kids will be 18 starting in Sept, Oct, etc. It's normal. The problems exist in your imagination.[/quote]

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