Reply to Why don’t schools have stronger policies about redshirting?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Why don’t schools have stronger policies about redshirting? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a very heavy redshirt area. We moved from DC right before kinder. My son is June and his grade is very old. I just found out two more friends are now being held back. He’s incoming first. One has a Feb bday and the other March. Our cut off date is Sep1. They are struggling with reading but the gap is just becoming very large for the kids on time. This is a public school. Right now even with June he’s the youngest boy in the grade. When we started I actually asked admin these questions and they weren’t honest about it and said most went on time born in summer. Once we started I realized almost everyone from March on redshirted so he’s significantly younger. He’s doing fine but I wish the school was honest about it prior to starting as he’s made friends now so it would be a big transition to do it now. [/quote]

Going back to MARCH?! I have never heard of such a thing barring a strong academic or social reason.

My second grader is a June, started on time, and has at least 4-5 classmates with summer birthdays. [/quote]

Yes, it’s a thing in some places. I didn’t realize it until my early April birthday kids had classmates over a year older than them. [b]The parents shared that it’s because they wanted their kids to be the oldest in the class for academic and athletic advantages. [/b]
[/quote]

I call BS on their sharing those reasons since those reasons are what DCUM lunatics always claim are the reasons.  We redshirted our son since he was born 6 weeks early and we didn't believe elementary school is well suited for active boys.  Our son will be a junior this year, no regrets with redshirting him.  He does travel soccer, no advantage in sports and we've always supplented public school with tutors if/when needed - so no academic advantage with the redshirting.[/quote]

Bottom line is they are cloaking all this unasked for advice under the guise of “do what’s best for me, not for you”. It’s very disingenuous. So long as their kid is not the youngest, regardless of readiness.[/quote]

It’s bizzare to say elementary school is not suited for boys.  Of course it is and most kids are active.  [/quote]

It’s more bizarre (to me) to say public kindergarten as it’s done now is suited to *any* child, and all children *should* be active. You really think any four year old (or even a five year old) should be getting less than two hours of outdoor time per day?

But public kindergarten is a common good that must serve a lot of social ends— kids need food, kids need social services, kids need AI and for many families the only place to get that is public school. So schools have to let kids in at 4 even if it developmentally inappropriate because it meets other needs. [/quote]

I think that the half-day, play-based Kindergartens were much more appropriate for 5 year olds.  Current kindergartens are basically what first grade used to be, and it’s really too much for kids that young.  Most kids may be able to adapt, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best program for them.  I think we’d be better off if we introduced school more gently and focused more on behavior and socialization.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics