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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beauvoir has brought up retention for our June kindergartener son. They claim impulsiveness/immaturity.. academics aren’t a concern. Many of the boys in his class are six going on seven, however the girls are mostly five or have just turned six. [/quote]

Those older kids aren't more mature, just older.  I'd worry about a school that doesn't have age appropriate expectations and holds back kids based off their needs.[/quote]

You can always figure out who the youngest are. They stand out in behavior and the stories your child brings home. And based on my experience and what I've seen, it is absolutely immaturity and lack of self-regulation. Storming away from the class during assemblies, snatching away from teachers, hitting/punching other students, yelling when they don't get their way, not being able to engage appropriately on the carpet. And that's only what I've seen on the rare occasion I'm in the class for no more than 30 min at a time. They may have the academics, but they don't know how to be in a classroom at all and it shows even when lined up to the younger boys who have February-May birthdays... so it's probably a personality/developmental thing.
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That's the opposite of what I've seen.[/quote]

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