NYT Article Re: "Redshirting". from the parenting board

tammy79

 Someone posted this article on the parenting board, I thought it was interesting, and should share it here. 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/education/28kindergarten.html 

KKMMex

That's interesting.  I didn't realize that you could be 4 and still begin public school kindergarten in some places.  My daughter has a summer birthday but she'll be 5 by September 1 so she makes the cut-off in our state.  She'll be one of the youngest in the class though. 

tammy79

We have been having a hard trying to decide whether or not to send DS to Kindergarten, he makes the cut off by 3 week, I cannot imagine him going to kindergarten at 4 at all.  Ben will be the youngest in the class too. 

BTW, I cannot believe how big your girls are, Ben and your oldest were in the same MDO class together.  

KKMMex

They were??  At StoneBridge? Are you still in TW?  Your three are super adorable. How close in age are they?

tammy79

Yes, Stonebridge, Sarah and Ben were in the same class (lol), I used to watch them in the baby room ( gosh it feels like forever ago). We are right off of 1488, Ben will be 5 in August, my Sarah is 2.5, and Jake ( our little surprise) is 1.

thepeach80

We're starting Ilana this fall, so after Labor Day and she turns 5 on Nov 3 (the cutoff is technically Oct 15). This was not the plan but the kids go to a small private school (at church) and no one is scheduled to go to K next year w/ her but 3 of her friends will go this fall. We talked about it, talked to her Sunday School teachers and her babysitter and decided it was fine for her to go. Evan is going into 1st this fall and is 6.5yo now. He has a Dec birthday and it was good for him.

franciscaz

I appreciate you sharing this.  Harm it isn't an issue but for my twins it will be.  They beat the cutoff by 3 days!!!  We still have a lot of time but I am trying to read and research as much as possible.

KL777

I use to always think the cut off date everywhere was September 30th.  I beat the cut off date by one day and I did great in kindergarten, never repeated a grade, and so forth.

The majority of my siblings had to wait a year due to their birthdates being after 9/30.

flgator

interesting article. thanks for sharing it.