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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get why you would want to.  It isn’t a rush to finish k-12.  Better for her be the smartest in the class than middle of the pack[/quote]

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Not the smartest just the oldest.  Waiting a year does not make you any smarter it just makes you less challenged.[/quote]

Nope.  There are so many ways to challenge students intellectually.  Academically talented programs, duel college enrollment, AP classes.  Your “smartest in the class” kid won’t be bored in middle/high school, if you find them the right programs, regardless of if they are youngest or oldest. But what you can’t give them or predict at 5, is their maturity and social/emotional needs when they will be a tween/teen.  All the kids from college I know that took 5 years to graduate, or changed majors and delayed graduation, or just had harder adjustments were the ones that were 16-17 starting in college. You can always supplement rigorous academics to suit your child, but you can’t supplement maturity. I see zero downside in OP (or anyone) sending her child “on time” and not appealing for early entry.  [/quote]

What are you rambling about?  In MCPS, in ES, the only thing we got was compacted math and in MS accelerated math.  There was no nothing other than that and the curriculum was really bad.  You only get AP classes in HS.   You cannot predict a child's outcome but holding back doesn't fix anything including maturity.  Maturity cannot be sped up or forced and holding back a year with peers a year younger makes them less mature but you artificially think they are more mature as they are the oldest.  These kids age-wise don't really fit in anywhere but holding them back isn't the answer.  [/quote]

For the millionth time, OP isn’t holding back...she is trying to send EARLY.

I have a fall birthday kid.  Out cutoff is sept 1 and I didn’t try to appeal to send him early even though he was smart enough and already ahead.  He is in 6th grade now and finishing up Alg I.  Elementary years, he was always ahead and teachers asked if we wanted to skip, but we chose not to and just supplemented at home to challenge. Now that he is in middle school, there are so many advanced opportunities for him.  We are very happy we didn’t send him early or skip. [/quote]

Ours went "early" and did Algebra in 6th too.  Your child could have had the same track and gone early.  That is the only acceleration we had in MS.  It's not really early as the child will be five for all of K.  That's a normal age to start.[/quote]

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