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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obviously both parents and schools have found that redshirting works, or it's popularity would have waned by now.  If your kid has a June birthday and you don't want to redshirt him and you don't want him "harmed" by all of those older kids, then don't put him in a school that redshirts.  You do in fact have a choice and [b]since information on which schools encourage redshirting is easily ascertainable[/b], if you still choose to put your kid in one of those schools then you have no business complaining.  If you don't like those rules, don't play that game BUT don't insult parents who want that game and understand the need to play by the rules.  Just go public and quit bellyaching.  [/quote]

Wrong.  How is it "easily ascertainable"??  The schools claim to have September cut-offs.  (Except maybe Potomac, which I think has an august one.) If you specifically ask, they give vague answers about developmental needs, yada yada.  NO SCHOOL says yes, we leave it up to the parents, or yes, we don't question parents who choose to red-shirt for no reason other than wanting Johnny to be the best soccer player.  I know, because I asked.  I didn't get any straight answers.
There are no bdays published.  You have to ask around, rely on insufficient data and gossip and guesses, and hope for the best.
And this is an important aspect of issue -- if the schools would be honest about it upfront, we could make an educated assessment of what school is best.  But they are not.

Schools with so-called "junior kindergartens," however, seem to be promoting the red-shirting just by virtue of having a JK at all.  So that is one way you might be able to tell.  But again, it's a guess.

My daughter's class has a handful of redshirted kids.  I will say, however, that there is still a 12 month age gap.  It's just July-July instead of September-September.  But at least it is still a 12 month spread, rather than 18 months.[/quote]

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