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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's an argument for red shirting: it potentially can save the school and District money on IEP and 504s. It also helps keep the older class on track by not having a student who is emotionally immature or who would benefit from doing a lower grade level work.

Its a tough issues for families and schools where kids are near the cut off date.[/quote]

It doesn't save as if a child is delayed they will need help and the longer you wait the more a child will struggle and the more help they will need.  If your child is struggling and you know it as a parent you need to get them help before K.  [b]If your child needs to be held back, you failed to get your child the help they needed if its something like immaturity.  [/b]However, no kids should be mature going into K.  No 5 year old is mature.[/quote]

Rigid thinking about the cutoffs is how public schools usually operate, however that doesn't make it right.

If your kid is within a few months of the cutoff, making them young for the grade, any immaturity can easily be within normal.

Take a kid who is old for their grade and doing well, then change the cutoffs and make them young for grade instead, and they may struggle.

The cutoffs are arbitrary.[/quote]

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