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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’ll have to reach out to your school board.  A redshirted spring/summer birthday would be turning six before K not 7.  [/quote]

I’m talking about our current class. 3 kids are 7 already and it’s February. This is a Sep 1 cutoff public school.[/quote]

If these kids are 7 by February 2024 that means they were 5 by February 2022. You’re telling me THREE kids were redshirted so they would start K at age 6.5 going on 7? That seems crazy to me for even 1 kid let alone 3. What is going on in this class?

The oldest kid in my K kid’s class has a June 2017 birthday and will turn 7 the last week of school. He also has SNs so it was deliberate to hold him (I know the mom and it makes sense the family didn’t start him on time). I always thought June redshirting was the absolute limit. Normally it’s July/Aug kids who need just a little longer to mature. And usually boys.

I have an August bday (graduated HS at 17) and as a girl was fine being younger.[/quote]

That's great that's your experience, but it's not been mine (I'm not PP you are quoting). MOST redshirts are June/July/August, but I know of plenty of spring redshirts across multiple grades. I have heard people ask if they should redshirt January/February kids, which is really taking it too far. My late July girl was sent on time and she's doing just fine, so I just think it's odd to have such little faith in your kid's abilities that they need to be 18 months older than the youngest kid in the class.[/quote]

+1 
It’s really being pushed further and further back as a surefire advantage. [/quote]

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