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[quote=Anonymous]The righteousness of some posters about the absoluteness of pre-ordained cut off by the state government is ridiculous.

States (and even counties) have different cut offs that are decided by local school officials. So a September 1 b day would go to K in one state and stay in preschool in another.  An October (gasp) birthday would even stay in preschool in some states--oh the injustice of it all.

Which state is the 'expert' on appropriate birthday cut offs and which kids go to school when? Hint- none of them. The cut off date is totally arbitrary to a point. If your kid is within range of some pre-ordained cut off date,  your kid will be considered on time or not on time depending on what state you happen to settle in.

I would not trust the state government with any decisions about my children's educational readiness or the experience they will have throughout 12 years of school. They are all about making policies and rules for scale and group management.

Nobody should attempting to take the moral high ground here about the virtuousness of deciding to send their kid to K based on a government set timeline. Being born at midnight on August 31 does not equate to readiness 'just because...'.  It would be ridiculous to say a twin born at 11:59 on 8/31 is ready and the other one born a few minutes later on 1/1 is not. It's all arbitrary to a point within a few months...

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