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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are trying to figure out schooling.  DS is a June birthday.  Will private school admissions want to redshirt a candidate like him?  He's very bright and verbal.  No issues.[/quote]

We held back our bright 5-year-old August bday. Baltimore school wanted him to “redshirt” via “prefirst.” We were skeptical and it sounded like a money grab. In hindsight, I am glad we did it. 
He is now thriving at age 20.

A couple of things we considered: 1) A friend teaches at a Baltimore HS and told us that in almost all cases he had seen, parents that did as we did were glad they did it, and parents that had sent the kids on ahead wished they had held them back.

2) Do you want one more year at home with your child? He or she will be gone before you know it.

Ours was very bright but on the shy side and looking back, the cohort he would have been if we sent him on ahead was a loud, aggressive group and he would not have done well with them. Kids in his grade one year later were much different, and it worked out very well. [/quote]

Of course they are going to say that, it would be embarrassing to say otherwise. 
Your son would have thrived now at 20 regardless. Heavy on the insincerity, you are.  [/quote]

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