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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Why should only the youngest in the year group get to choose the age of their peer group?

[b]What if a the parents of a January born kid in a district with an August cut off decides that they want them to be the very oldest in the room and decide to redshirt[/b].

Let’s let everyone have the right to choose and not a select few.[/quote]
They could do that already. You just need to have your kid in school by the compulsory age of attendance. [/quote]

What? If a kids starts schools before the compulsory age of attendance (5) then they would be on the  younger side, not the oldest. What I am saying is that you can’t currently start many kid at 6 when they will turn 7 within the school year. Only redshirters begin school at 6. [/quote]

Because the vast majority of redshirted kids are summer birthdays. They’re 6 for the entire year. [/quote]

That's not true. The vast majority of redshirted kids are fall birthdays. They're 6 for [i]almost[/i] the entire year. Summer kids aren't in danger of starting college at 17, so it wouldn't make any sense to redshirt them.[/quote]

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