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[quote=Anonymous]I think the point is that there ALREADY is a 12 month age span that the system is prepared to handle.  By red-shirting and extending that span now to 18 mos., it just makes it harder for the teacher and for the other kids... particularly when it becomes the norm that boys born in May or later should be held back.

As for the poster who says her son couldn't sit like the kindergarteners in Ffx Cnty -- I think you have to be careful about assessing your child as you (the parent) see him and assessing how he deals when in a school/class situation where you are not there.  Kids almost always behave WAY better in a school setting than they do at home.  They seem so immature around parents, and yet pull themselves together quite well at school.  And I'm the PP who talked about kinder being very age-appropriate ---- and my experience IS with Ffx Cnty schools (two kids have passed through the kinder program, one who was a 7/31 bday, not red-shirted).  Kinder is just not that challenging.  And they spend about 2 months teaching them the routines.  It IS very kid-friendly.[/quote]

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