Anonymous wrote:I would actually worry about a kid that sat quietly at age 3 for hours at a time.

Anonymous wrote:haven't read all of this thread, but wanted to give my opinion. Have a child with an august birthday, and waiting until age 6 to start kindergarten- this has nothing to do with sports, and nothing to do with any other child, and goes far beyond being ready for kindergarten- i couldn't care less how my child does compared to others- what i do care about is what is expected of kids today academically. Its not appropriate, its too much too fast, and not meeting the kids developmentally where they are. Since the states are pushing for things to be taught earlier, and often too early, kids are being turned off to learning and school. If the state is insisting on certain standards, then i will opt to send my child when he/she should attend based on the curriculum objectives and not on the age. So K objectives are more appropriate for 6 yr olds, that is why i am waiting. This has nothing to do with anyone else's child and i am amazed how many people are upset with my decision, and how it impacts them.

Anonymous wrote:21:14 if the curriculum is so hard, why are so many clamoring to get into AAP and picking centers over even their local level IV option because it offers math 2 or more years above the curriculum?

Anonymous wrote:21:05 In the past the cutoff was Dec. 31st. at most schools.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but in the past, many turned 7 in second.

Anonymous wrote:I turned 7 in 2nd grade. This is insane.

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Anonymous wrote:"Red-shirting" is not new. My brother started kindergarten late, and he's almost 50. It had nothing to do with academics; it was all about maturity.

I did the same for my August boy (oldest). Best decision I ever made. He never, ever socializes with kids who would have been in his grade, and he isn't even the most socially savvy of the kids who ARE currently in his grade. Academically, he does fine, but he's far from bored. It worked for us.

On the flip side, we chose to play him up in sports, so he competes with kids two years older in his league. So we couldn't care less about the sports piece.

Good to hear this. We redshirted our middle child who has a mid-August birthday for academic and social reasons. The only issue I have now is that he is so tall, almost as tall as his 8 year old brother so he looks like a giant next to the little ones. His height makes him look so much older than everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm forced to hold DD back - her birthday is 10/15 and stupid ass FCPS won't let her test into kindergarten 2 weeks before she turns 5. Nope, let's waste an entire year and do NOTHING (with regard to her as she has to sit home for a whole year whereas in MOCO she'd be in K). Even if she reads, writes, adds, subtracts, they DON'T GIVE A F.

FCPS elementary school bureaucrats are the laziest bunch in the DC area I swear. God forbid they had to actually work a FULL 5-day workweek. God forbid they actually had to put some kind of effort into testing students to see if they are ready to enter kindergarten a couple weeks before their 5th birthday.

If you feel that strongly about it and can't face another year of preschool, why don't you send her to a private or move to Montgomery County? FCPS has to set a cutoff and if they continually make exceptions what would the point of a cut-off be? Particularly in an area where every parent thinks their kid is special and deserving of an exemption from the rules? The operative word here is PUBLIC school. If you don't like it, you can always try another option.

Otherwise, you might want to chill. Your daughter is 4 and you have a long way to in dealing with school bureaucracies. Best to save your energies for the battles that matter.

Montgomery County is 9/1 as the cut off with testing. Its not about kids being special. Some kids thrive on academics and holding them back does more harm than good when most preschools are play based. We have a child who was reading at 3 and very clearly ready and we had to hold him back. We had to continue tutoring him which just put him further ahead.

We aren't in Montgomery county, but my daughter's birthday is on 9-1. I really want to hold her back until she turns six because I do not think she is ready for a full day of KG. I am so conflicted.

you want to hold her back this year? or next year? If her birthday is a year away then I wouldn't worry about it yet because she will change so much. I know someone in Moco who started their kid on time and then they were told by the k teacher to pull him out and out him back in preschool.