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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, MCPS says children who will turn five years old between September 2 and October 15, 2025 are eligible for consideration for the early entrance to kindergarten process.[/quote]

They are, but it is very, very rare that this is approved. I don't know anyone who has gone through the process, myself included, and had their kid start early. Our daughter had done 2 years of PK in DCPS and was an early reader, and we were told she wasn't ready. The state requires MCPS to evaluate kids, but not to place them early. Meanwhile, red shirting of summer birthday kids is relatively common, especially with how academic kindergarten in MCPS is. (We left DC before K, so not sure if the same in true in DCPS.) -NP[/quote]

Its a very sketchy evaluation as they aren't clear the standards and it is different at every school.  I don't think holding back in MCPS is that common, maybe in the wealthier schools but I don't know any kids held back.  Our school wouldn't let us test.  We went private for a few years as I wasn't holding my kid back for the school being selfish and self serving.[/quote]

Definitely more common with people with wealth/income because they can afford another year of PK.

It also helps that MD explicitly allows this -- all you have to do is file a form with your school district that your child is not ready and will be in PK, and you can delay K by a year. See this form, which per the start is automatically approved upon submission: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/forms/pdf/560-19.pdf

"I am applying for a one-year exemption to delay my child's entrance to kindergarten due to immaturity."[/quote]

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