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Kids in other states START at 4yrs old. 5 is normal and even older in other states. Kids starting ages 6 and 7 are absurd. They are going to be 2-3yrs older than other college freshman.

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Who keeps saying this?  [b]If a student is held back for 1 year, then he is 1 year older than the other kids.  Not 2-3 years!  As a senior, the kid will be 18 turning 19 instead of 17 turning 18.[/b]

And how many red-shirted kids are in your kids' classrooms?  I've got 3 elementary kids.  In one class of 28, there are two kids who were delayed in starting (two Aug b-days),  In another class of 26, there is one kid (Sept b-day).  In the third class with 26 kids, there are two kids (one May b-day and one Aug b-day)  This is in a big FCPS elementary school.

Relax, people.[/quote]

In my kid's 1st grade class at an FCPS elementary, there are 2 boys out of 29 who did not start on time.  One's b-day is Sept 28, and then other was born sometime in August.  It doesn't seem to affect the class one iota.[/quote]

There are many kids that graduate and even enter college at 17.  That used to be the norm here and is still in many other states.  18 was the oldest to graduate.  There is a child in my daughter's 9th grade that just celebrated her 16th birthday in March.   She will be 19.5yrs old when she starts college. My daughter will be 17.   So yes, there is over a 2 year difference in MANY college freshman due to Sept 1st cut off with red-shirting and states that have Dec 31st cut-off and no red-shirting.  This is not always a month or so here and there.  Some families red shirt and start at 6.5+yrs old while other states start at 4yrs old.

Don't even take into account the Central American refugees starting school as 18yr old freshman.  You can legally stay in high school until your 22!   :shock:

American:  Home of the free and dumb[/quote]

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