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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you in NY?  It’s about the only place left in the US where a Nov. birthday has the option of going to K at 5.

Can you link the studies on redshirting?  The ones I have read are much less clear on their being an advantage, but it’s been a few years since I looked.[/quote]

Connecticut's cut-off is December 31. If you turn 5 before Jan 1 then you are eligible for K. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum, some private schools in CT won't let kids who aren't 4 before June 1 apply to PK. So it's all over the place.

[b]Connecticut's cut-off is too late in the year IMHO.[/b] A September cut-off makes sense and red-shirting kids born in July and August could make sense, but IMHO it's probably too much to redshirt a kid born in May or June. But that's just my opinion. At the end of the day, someone has to be the youngest and someone has to be the oldest. [/quote]

So you know better than the scientists who did all that extensive research to decide on an ideal cut-off?
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Surely you troll? You think CT hired scientists to devise an ideal cut-off that's out of sync with most of the country?[/quote]

That cut-off date must have been decided on for a reason.[/quote]

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