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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at all surprising that the My School DC would be removing kids if they are outside of the age cutoffs.  The website very clearly states the DCPS policy that some claim do not exist:

Kindergarten: No older than five on September 30, 2025

https://www.myschooldc.org/how-apply/age-cutoffs-cutoff-dates[/quote]

Omg look at the way back machine. That’s a new addition to the language, obviously added to assuage the chancellor[/quote]

Actually it's been a DC regulation since October 2006.

Chapter 5 Section 5-E2004: https://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Common/DCMR/RuleList.aspx?ChapterNum=5-E20&ChapterId=242

2004.3	A student who is or will become five (5) years of age on or before December 31st of the 2006-2007 school year and September 30th in all subsequent school years shall be eligible for admission to the kindergarten program.

2004.5	A student who is or will become six (6) years of age on or before December 31st of the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years and September 30th in all subsequent school years shall be eligible for admission to the first (1st) grade.[/quote]

“Shall be eligible” is not the same 🤦‍♀️[/quote]

What does "a student who is five years of age on September 30 of the school year shall be eligible for admission to the kindergarten program" mean to you?

What do you think the intention of the regulation is in explicitly listing the age eligibility for admission for PK3, PK4, K, and 1st?[/quote]

Get this in front of a judge and see who has the better argument. The policy is not clear as debated in this thread. My money is on these families winning.  [/quote]

Yes, sure, any rich person can hire a lawyer and fight a policy on technicalities, but what do you think the intent of the regulation was?[/quote]

Well, the way the policy reads is that children who are eligible (a student who is five years of age) should go to kindergarten and I would hope that any school district that valued education would also want children- who are eligible- to go to kindergarten. [/quote]

Too bad their parents did not value education enough to enroll their children (who are eligible) in kindergarten. [/quote]

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