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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Her redshirted child was rejected at the first choice school but admitted at the second choice school.  It's a little awkward, because her DC is currently in K and doesn't understand why he will be in K again next year.  He may be young, but he's smart enough to know that his classmates are going onto first grade.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A very close relative redshirted her (May birthday) DC this year--WPPSI score in the high 90s and no developmental delays.  She just thought that in this competitive admissions process, her DC would appear to be a stronger, more mature and more compelling applicant if compared to  "younger" kids. So for those of you pretending that anyone who redshirts must be doing so for "honorable" reasons, you can drop the Pollyanna act.[/quote]

Did it work? Why do schools go along with this? Can't they push back? At our school, I know of at least one case where the parents would have liked to redshirt and the school insisted on placement in the higher grade.[/quote][/quote]

My friend did this to her child.  She couldn't understand why she was repeating K either.  Some people want to game the system.  [b]Others want to play by the rules.[/b]   It's a choice.  IMHO it is unfair when kids like these (smart, capable) are held back for an edge.  They do have the advantage academically and often make the regular aged childten look dumb by comparison.  It's too bad the teachers forget the age spread.  [/quote]

The cut-off in our area is September 1st, and DS was born September 9th. At first, we were somewhat relieved that he would have to wait till he was almost 6, but in the months leading up to his 5th birthday, it was very clear that he was ready for K and that waiting another year would drive him crazy. So we had him take an early entrance and he passed with flying colors, so he started kindergarten right before he turned 5. So technically, we didn't follow the rules either. Why? Because if we had just blindly followed the guidelines, he would be bored to tears. He's now 8 and in 3rd grade, reading at a 5th grade level, gets his work done early, and his teacher still has to find extra work to give him. I can't imagine what it would be like if he were in 2nd grade. The bottom line is that not one size fits all. If we had a child who made the cut-off, but had not been ready for K, we would have held him or her back. Kids need to be grouped by ability, not age. Just because a child misses the cut-off does not mean that he or she isn't ready for K, and just because a child makes the cut-off does not mean that he or she is ready for K. It all boils down to the individual. [/quote]

Thanks for resurrecting this thread to tell us about your little genius![/quote]

I do not think of him as a genius at all. I think he's smart, but he's nowhere close to being a genius. There are other kids in his class reading at a 5th grade level(or even higher). If he were a genius, he would be in high school right now(at least).[/quote]

Same PP as before. By the way, I didn't resurrect this thread to brag about my son. I was trying to make a point. Just because the district deemed him as not ready to start school because of his age didn't mean that he wasn't. Conversely, someone who is deemed ready to start because of their age may not be.[/quote]

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