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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Why not? I can tell you as a professor I don't want a 17-year-old college freshman (or one 5 minutes past their 18th birthday) who isn't absolutely extraordinary in their maturity. Several months of growth and experience may not matter as radically in the later teens as they do in the preschool years - but they do still matter.

Maybe you are the problem, not the student. This makes no sense.

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Anonymous wrote:We moved our kids to MCPS when they were both starting 3rd grade. At that stage, it is automatic, no matter where you have come from inside the US.

Its only K-2 that sometimes requires testing if there's any question around the birthdays.

My DD had completely skipped 1st grade, going from a California public K class to a private 2nd grade class, so when she got to MCPS she was ready for 3rd and it wasn't questioned.

In MCPS, kids who have finished first grade will automatically go to second. It’s only K-1 that require assessments if they do not meet the age deadline.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Why not? I can tell you as a professor I don't want a 17-year-old college freshman (or one 5 minutes past their 18th birthday) who isn't absolutely extraordinary in their maturity. Several months of growth and experience may not matter as radically in the later teens as they do in the preschool years - but they do still matter.

Agree. Given how many summer birthdays are held back here (which is not possible in DCPS, where OP
Is coming from), OP’s kid would be 15 months away from the oldest in the class — possibly more. OP will regret sending the kid early by middle school.

How many summer birthdays do you know are held back? I only know of one and there were other real issues not age as the factor.

Anonymous wrote:We moved our kids to MCPS when they were both starting 3rd grade. At that stage, it is automatic, no matter where you have come from inside the US.

Its only K-2 that sometimes requires testing if there's any question around the birthdays.

My DD had completely skipped 1st grade, going from a California public K class to a private 2nd grade class, so when she got to MCPS she was ready for 3rd and it wasn't questioned.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Why not? I can tell you as a professor I don't want a 17-year-old college freshman (or one 5 minutes past their 18th birthday) who isn't absolutely extraordinary in their maturity. Several months of growth and experience may not matter as radically in the later teens as they do in the preschool years - but they do still matter.

Anonymous wrote:We moved our kids to MCPS when they were both starting 3rd grade. At that stage, it is automatic, no matter where you have come from inside the US.

Its only K-2 that sometimes requires testing if there's any question around the birthdays.

My DD had completely skipped 1st grade, going from a California public K class to a private 2nd grade class, so when she got to MCPS she was ready for 3rd and it wasn't questioned.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Why not? I can tell you as a professor I don't want a 17-year-old college freshman (or one 5 minutes past their 18th birthday) who isn't absolutely extraordinary in their maturity. Several months of growth and experience may not matter as radically in the later teens as they do in the preschool years - but they do still matter.

Agree. Given how many summer birthdays are held back here (which is not possible in DCPS, where OP
Is coming from), OP’s kid would be 15 months away from the oldest in the class — possibly more. OP will regret sending the kid early by middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Why not? I can tell you as a professor I don't want a 17-year-old college freshman (or one 5 minutes past their 18th birthday) who isn't absolutely extraordinary in their maturity. Several months of growth and experience may not matter as radically in the later teens as they do in the preschool years - but they do still matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Why not? I can tell you as a professor I don't want a 17-year-old college freshman (or one 5 minutes past their 18th birthday) who isn't absolutely extraordinary in their maturity. Several months of growth and experience may not matter as radically in the later teens as they do in the preschool years - but they do still matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

They are turning 5 within weeks. And, they are 18 in college. You don’t want an 18 year old their entire senior year.

Anonymous wrote:Do not send a 4 year old to K, just don't do it. Especially a boy. There will be many boys in the grade with July, August, September birthdays from the year before. Do you want your 17 year old starting college with 19 year olds?

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Anonymous wrote:Sep and Oct birthday kids can test-in. Quite a few of my DC’s grademates did this and was successful. Though it’s a disadvantage at HS, when your classmates are old enough for an internship or summer job and can legally drive. For boys, lots of ppl think redshirting would be better than the other way around. I didn’t believe in this when my son was young and academically advanced. Now when looking retrospectively, this suggestion makes a lot of sense.

Those aren't really disadvantages at all. You aren't driving earlier by being held back a year as you cannot change your birthday. You can get a job at 15, but you just have to wait the following year, which isn't a big deal. I am glad we tested in and sent our child. I cannot imagine them being in HS for an entire year when they are 18.

Being able to drive by yourself in the junior summer means you are opened to more summer job or internship opportunities. Also, 16-yo is the threshold for "young adults", and many universities and government agencies in this area do not accept any student interns until they are 16-yo no matter paid or un-paid, which means that your older classmates can do two summer internships while you can only do one. This poses a disadvantage to college application in elite programs like SMCS.

You are 16 regardless of what grade so it doesn’t matter. You are wanting it for your needs. These are silly reasons to hold back.

No. Can you do the math? The Sep. and Oct. kids who test-in will be still 15-yo when sophomore year ends, so do those kids born in summer, but their colleagues with Sep. birthday but a year older can drive legally by themselves by sophomore summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Sep and Oct birthday kids can test-in. Quite a few of my DC’s grademates did this and was successful. Though it’s a disadvantage at HS, when your classmates are old enough for an internship or summer job and can legally drive. For boys, lots of ppl think redshirting would be better than the other way around. I didn’t believe in this when my son was young and academically advanced. Now when looking retrospectively, this suggestion makes a lot of sense.

Those aren't really disadvantages at all. You aren't driving earlier by being held back a year as you cannot change your birthday. You can get a job at 15, but you just have to wait the following year, which isn't a big deal. I am glad we tested in and sent our child. I cannot imagine them being in HS for an entire year when they are 18.

Being able to drive by yourself in the junior summer means you are opened to more summer job or internship opportunities. Also, 16-yo is the threshold for "young adults", and many universities and government agencies in this area do not accept any student interns until they are 16-yo no matter paid or un-paid, which means that your older classmates can do two summer internships while you can only do one. This poses a disadvantage to college application in elite programs like SMCS.

You are 16 regardless of what grade so it doesn’t matter. You are wanting it for your needs. These are silly reasons to hold back.

No. Can you do the math? The Sep. and Oct. kids who test-in will be still 15-yo when sophomore year ends, so do those kids born in summer, but their colleagues with Sep. birthday but a year older can drive legally by themselves by sophomore summer.

Assuming they have a car. A big assumption. My family has one car and the kids will not be using it daily. That’s what bus and metro are for.

My DC’s classmate had a car by then and hence can take an internship at NRL. That is an advantage that we as first-time parents were not aware until later.