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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two boys with June birthdays.  I redshirted one and not the other based on their needs at the time.  Personally, I think there should be a lot more fluidity in grade placement, and grouping kids based on age leads to a lot of unnecessary work for teachers, too much competition between streets, and strains resource programs.[/quote]

This makes zero sense.  Grouping with large age gaps creates more work as kids with a two year age span are in very different places developmentally.  Holding back a June child makes zero sense.  I  hope you got your child evaluated and into therapy if they were having developmental issues.[/quote]

A kid with a June birthday is already on the older half. I bet that poster was simply bursting pride that their son outperformed kids 7-18 months younger than them all through school.[/quote]

No, they are the youngest. [/quote]

Last time I checked, June was in the first half of the year. But hey, let's do the math anyway to make sure. We'll start with a non-leap year. 365 divided by 2 is 182.5, which means that anyone born in the first 182 days of a non-leap year is on the old side, anyone born on the 183rd day of the year is smack in the middle, and anyone born after than is on the young side. Let's start adding up the days of each month until we pass 182.

31 plus 28 is 59. 59 plus 31 is 90. 90 plus 30 is 120. 120 plus 31 is 151. 151 plus 30 is 181. 181 plus 31 is 212. Oh look at that, we passed 182. We just calculated that there are a total of 181 days from January to June in a non-leap year, which is less than 182.5. This means that the older half includes, not only those born from January to June, but anyone born on July 1st.

Now, let's do leap years. 366 divided by 2 is 183, which means that anyone born in the first 183 days of a non-leap year is on the old side, and that anyone born after that is on the young side. Since we already calculated that there are 181 days in the first 6 months of a non-leap year, we know that there are 182 days in the first 6 months of a leap year. This means that the older half, once again, includes everyone born from January to June, as well as on July 1st.

On top of all this, September is the most common month to be born. https://www.rd.com/article/september-popular-birth-month/ Thus, there are kids born in the later half of the year. All in all, I think I've gathered up enough evidence to prove that your statement about June-born kids being on the young end is complete bogus.[/quote]

This may blow your mind but my September born kid is one of THE oldest in class. Because like many school districts the cutoff is 9/1. Now go back to your hole.[/quote]

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