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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These poor kids--now their pictures and their moms' full names are on the news and everybody knows their parents didn't think they could succeed in kindergarten. For parents who appear very invested in their kids having every advantage, this seems strange--wouldn't you want your kid to have privacy about their learning or behavioral challenges? [/quote]

There’s a handful of Lafayette families who love running to the media. I don’t think they realize that it just makes them look unreasonable (and agree, wtf would you have your kids on there).[/quote]

Especially since one of those kids looks like a first-grader already, in my opinion. Having that kid in K next year would really stand out! There will be kindergartners who will be 4 until over a month into the school year. These kids would start the year at 6 and may turn 7 soon after.[/quote]

I don't agree with what these people have done, but I think this is not correct — the kids are turning 6 before the cutoff, in all likelihood in September or during the summer, which means they'll be 6 all year (not "7 soon after").  And, in fairness, in first grade they will be in class with kids born basically a full year before them -- that's going to happen no matter what.  But you need to draw the line somewhere.  As a policy, I'm not really opposed to principals having discretion here, except that obviously if people are really able to game the equitable access policy this way (for being  above the prescribed age for their grade), that's a problem.[/quote]

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