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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Why is it so hard to understand that larger older kids who belong in first grade DO AFFECT the kids who were not held back. (I'm talking about kids who are simply held back for reshirting purposes. There is no way that many kids were not developmentally ready). You have turned the kindergarten class into an 18-month span in age.[/quote]

I don't really agree with this line of reasoning.  My son was born on the last day that he could be in order to be in kindergarten next year.  So most of the kids in his class will be considerably older than him.  We did not redshirt him because he seems to be developmentally normal and we hope everything will work out.  Do you think the fact that he is the youngest (by far, in many cases) is going to have a bad effect on him?  If so, would you support redshirting him so that he can be the oldest (by a considerable amount) next year?  What about the kids born right on the line?  There's going to be a big age span for someone, the only issue is who is going to have to deal with being on the younger end of it.[/quote]

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