In pre-K and K, it's awful when your child who has not been Red shirted is with those who have...because at such a young age, the developmental needs--physically and emotionally--of a 3,4 or 5 year old are so different than the needs of a child one year older...our children were in a 'mixed age' class at their Pre-K, and it was not a good year. I don't blame the children--they're just being age appropriate, meaning they don't have the maturity nor the knowledge to realize when they are 'bigger' than their classmates, so physically they can hurt the younger kids--I totally blame the parents, who are too afraid to let their children just 'be' with their own age group.

I am so opposed to red shirting.

My sense is that it is quite normal for families these days to start boys in kindergarten at age 6 for developmental reasons. The "redshirting" for sports issue arises where there is an additional holdback, often later in elementary/middle school once a boy has shown athletic talent. If you start at age 5 you're a 17 year old senior--hold back twice and you are 19.

Maybe because the topic of redshirting goes off the rails pretty quickly and becomes an excuse for all kinds of bashing.

What is it, a full moon? these forums have become worse than I've ever seen them this week.

What's redshirting??

Anonymous wrote:Siidwelll holds a lot of boys back in k and first grade too but for intellectual development. Probably the same number of kids that get redshirted at the Lax-focused schools

This is complete baloney.

There has never been any doubt that Sidwell does not encourage redshirting for athletic purposes. The only evidence you need is to watch any of their sports teams.

Not quite. More like 20 percent

Anonymous wrote:Siidwelll holds a lot of boys back in k and first grade too but for intellectual development. Probably the same number of kids that get redshirted at the Lax-focused schools

25% in K and then about 50%-75% by 8th grade?

Siidwelll holds a lot of boys back in k and first grade too but for intellectual development. Probably the same number of kids that get redshirted at the Lax-focused schools

But if the story isn't in the private school forum the Landon bashers look silly if they bring their monomaniacal focus to a different forum.

Its not just a private school issue. Kids redshirt at MD for 8th then go back to public.

Who says it isn't allowed? It is still here and somebody happened to provide a link for another option for a place where the discussion can be found on DCUM.

Because the original thread was started in off-topic and Jeff doesn't like multiple threads on the same subject?

You can ask to have that one moved here if you feel that strongly about it.

This is a forum about private schools, no? Why is an article about the practice of redshirting among these three DC private schools relegated to the Off-Topic forum? Is it not worthy of being discussed on a forum dedicated to private schools in this area?