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Anonymous wrote:I know three wealthy families in ACPS that redshirted their May birthday children. Yes, their kids will be 19 when they graduate HS.

That's crazy. Are the parents educated, at all (or just lucky from their parents money)?

Yep, Husband is a doctor, and I'm an attorney, and we don't get money from our parents and don't really need it anyway.

Our April kid will be 19 when graduating, and I'm not losing sleep over it, but I guess you are.

I do love it when liberals eat their own, and we are North Arlington liberals.

The fact that our kids was nearly 8 weeks premature shouldn't matter in your mind, since you want the issue to get angry about, rather than a rational discussion. For those who are not all haters, our kid is a very athletic, sociable and smart kid, no long-term issues with being a preemie.

Only issue now is realizing how many of our neighbors hate us without knowing all the facts

Anonymous wrote:I know three wealthy families in ACPS that redshirted their May birthday children. Yes, their kids will be 19 when they graduate HS.

That's crazy. Are the parents educated, at all (or just lucky from their parents money)?

Anonymous wrote:I know three wealthy families in ACPS that redshirted their May birthday children. Yes, their kids will be 19 when they graduate HS.

According to the DCUM wisdom, they don't exist. Fake News!

Anonymous wrote:I know three wealthy families in ACPS that redshirted their May birthday children. Yes, their kids will be 19 when they graduate HS.

Just wondering if in APS, can you finish high school in 3 years, rather than four?

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Anonymous wrote:Kids develop at different rates. It is good to have some flexibility in when kids start school because those different development rates mean that some kids are ready and some are not.

Kids born on the exact same day may exhibit a wide range of readiness. We want all kids to be successful in school, so it is smart to look at each individual child to determine when they should start school.

I might be able to get on board with this if the school or someone impartial was deciding.

Parents already get a lot of input from preschool teachers, doctors, and teachers at the K school to help in making a good decision for their own children.

We live in a country that values individual determination in choices about education. The ultimate decision about where to send kids to school and when to send them, within certain limits, is up to the parents.

Right I don’t think they’re thinking about young for the grade kids whose parents can’t afford to redshirt for example

You are correct, when we redshirted our kid, we did not think about the younger kids whose parents couldn't afford it.

We didn't even know it was a controversial issue with all the insane NoVa competitive parents. We did what was in our family's best interest. You parents are insufferable, get over it.

I know three wealthy families in ACPS that redshirted their May birthday children. Yes, their kids will be 19 when they graduate HS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids develop at different rates. It is good to have some flexibility in when kids start school because those different development rates mean that some kids are ready and some are not.

Kids born on the exact same day may exhibit a wide range of readiness. We want all kids to be successful in school, so it is smart to look at each individual child to determine when they should start school.

I might be able to get on board with this if the school or someone impartial was deciding.

Parents already get a lot of input from preschool teachers, doctors, and teachers at the K school to help in making a good decision for their own children.

We live in a country that values individual determination in choices about education. The ultimate decision about where to send kids to school and when to send them, within certain limits, is up to the parents.

Right I don’t think they’re thinking about young for the grade kids whose parents can’t afford to redshirt for example

Who are "they"?

People who care about this stuff are insufferable. Oh no! A parent chooses to put a kid born in August in the same class as a kid born in October of the same year. Oh the humanity.

So many parent losers on this board who are obsessed with other families.

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(To the poster who said they planned the timing of their pregnancy to avoid having a child in certain months and suggested others do the same: you are absurd.)

LOL! Just imagine a world when all children are born in October! Birthing centers would go out of business the rest of the year. Obstetricians would no longer have trouble scheduling vacations. And, best of all: redshirting would no longer be a topic on DCUM.

But people would schedule birthday party a year in advance! Imagine trying to coordinate 20-30 birthday parties right after school starts. I can imagine the crazy already!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids develop at different rates. It is good to have some flexibility in when kids start school because those different development rates mean that some kids are ready and some are not.

Kids born on the exact same day may exhibit a wide range of readiness. We want all kids to be successful in school, so it is smart to look at each individual child to determine when they should start school.

I might be able to get on board with this if the school or someone impartial was deciding.

Parents already get a lot of input from preschool teachers, doctors, and teachers at the K school to help in making a good decision for their own children.

We live in a country that values individual determination in choices about education. The ultimate decision about where to send kids to school and when to send them, within certain limits, is up to the parents.

Right I don’t think they’re thinking about young for the grade kids whose parents can’t afford to redshirt for example

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Anonymous wrote:I think you just sort of figure this out as the school year starts and your child is invited to various bday parties, or your child is in soccer/other activities and you realize that one or two kids are notably older/taller than the others (or the kid mentions how old s/he is). You realize how many are older -- but it's usually not that many. Statistically, only 25% are going to be summer bdays, right? And only a portion of those are going to hold their kids back.

If a kid (or his or her parent) mentions how old he or she is, that is one thing. But don’t just assume that a kid who looks older/is taller was redshirted (or that a smaller kid is young for his or her grade for that matter). I know several kids who are both among both the tallest & the youngest in their respective classes (FWIW, the reverse is true, as well).

AMEN!
DS is super tiny. He'll always be tiny. People have asked if he's "playing up" in soccer. Height is a crappy approximation for age.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids develop at different rates. It is good to have some flexibility in when kids start school because those different development rates mean that some kids are ready and some are not.

Kids born on the exact same day may exhibit a wide range of readiness. We want all kids to be successful in school, so it is smart to look at each individual child to determine when they should start school.

I might be able to get on board with this if the school or someone impartial was deciding.

Parents already get a lot of input from preschool teachers, doctors, and teachers at the K school to help in making a good decision for their own children.

We live in a country that values individual determination in choices about education. The ultimate decision about where to send kids to school and when to send them, within certain limits, is up to the parents.

Anonymous wrote:Kids develop at different rates. It is good to have some flexibility in when kids start school because those different development rates mean that some kids are ready and some are not.

Kids born on the exact same day may exhibit a wide range of readiness. We want all kids to be successful in school, so it is smart to look at each individual child to determine when they should start school.

I might be able to get on board with this if the school or someone impartial was deciding.

Kids develop at different rates. It is good to have some flexibility in when kids start school because those different development rates mean that some kids are ready and some are not.

Kids born on the exact same day may exhibit a wide range of readiness. We want all kids to be successful in school, so it is smart to look at each individual child to determine when they should start school.

As the parent of a July boy that we started in K when he was 6, why does this matter to you OP? This is the best thing for some kids and not for others. Who cares?