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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My August boy went to school on time and is doing great. We met with the school psychologist before making the decision and he strongly urged us to send him. He said red shirted kids might have a leg up in K-2 ish but by the time they are in middle school they start to feel uncomfortable with how much bigger and developed they are than everyone else. Also, by the time they are in high school, they look like they don't belong anymore. 20 is too old to be in high school. [/quote]

[b]Unless you held him back three times, a redshirted August boy would graduate at 18, same as half his classmates.
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I agree with your point, however, that we need to be looking further than "how will Kindergarten go" when making this decision.  I do think that kids are aware, or become aware, down the road of who is old for grade, and I do think it can cause embarrassment.  Do I think it's a huge issue?  No, but we're talking about a population of affluent privileged kids who will probably do fine either way.[/quote]

I was referring to previous posters concerned with extreme reshirting.[/quote]

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