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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh, as the mom of a young 5 year old who we are starting in school at the appropriate time, I am SO SICK OF REDSHIRTERS.  It started in pre-K -- there were enough kids redshirted that my child's preK-4 class was literally 50% 5 year olds who had already been through that class before. They were really disruptive and I can just see it getting worse in late elementary/early middle school, for example when their hormones hit super early compared to the rest of the class. Just awful. Start your kids on time.[/quote]

This was my experience, too. In a k class at a religious school, 8 out of 19 kids were red shirted (mostly boys). My child with a January birthday seemed younger, smaller and academically behind. The older kids were more boisterous and, because there were so many of them, typical kindergarteners didn't fit in. These kids dominated PE and recess and the younger kids were pushed around.[/quote]

We had this experience last year in PRE-K!!  The 5 year olds were definitely ready for K, and too old to still be in preschool, yet their parents held them back.  It was a 15 kid class, we knew the kids, we knew their parents.  We knew they would have been fine in K.[/quote]

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