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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Where I live, the cut off for K is September 1, so VietBabe wouldn't be eligible for K until next year anyway (she turned 5 this September, right?). I think there are lots of states where this is the case, so if she does another year of K next year, she won't be completely out-of-sync with the rest of the world when she goes away to college.
My niece has a September birthday and started K this year just short of her 6th birthday. She seems to be thriving and has no idea that she's maybe a couple of months older than some of her classmates.
I think you want to give VietBabe the best chance for success, and that means she's got to get the basics down before she moves on. If that requires one more year of K, then that's what she should have.
A consultation with a psychologist/psychiatrist who specialized in childhood education may help you make a decision. It may be that this school isn't the right place for her either.
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Same here in Oregon. Ruth Bader Ramone is a 9/4 birthday. We thought seriously about petitioning to get her in early, but decided against it. Very happy with the decision. She loved kindergarten, and is now killing 1st grade. Being among the oldest hasn't been a problem at all (she's tall, which worried us a bit, but it turns out she's in a class with lots of tall girls). In her class, at least, it is much easier to tell the kids that are at the young end of the spectram (the late summer birthdays) than it is to identify the older ones.
So don't sweat it; if she repeats, it will put her right where she would have been in lots of places. Plus, as they get older, I figure being at the oldest end of the class, rather than the youngest, gives 'em another year of being a kid.
