Post by awkwardpenguin on Sept 23, 2015 17:01:11 GMT -5
September 30th. It's good to have options, and even I, the judger of all redshirting, wouldn't judge you for not sending a kid with an actual cutoff birthday.
we have a Dec 31 cutoff and DS2 was born in early January. He's got some friends that have late Dec birthdays so they started school this year (at 3.5 years). No redshirting here. Although, he's really missing those friends that started and asks why he can't go to 'big kid school', he's just not ready. He's not even potty trained yet
The trips were born 9/29 they will not be starting kindy next fall even though they technically could since we are a 10/1 cutoff. A lot could change in a year but I doubt they will be ready.
Post by rootbeerfloat on Sept 23, 2015 17:17:20 GMT -5
I had one born right before the cut-off that I sent on time, but really needed the extra year. And I had one who missed the (new) cut-off, went to an extra year of preschool and was bored. However, the challenges were worse with the young kid, so I vote Oct 1.
Eh. Our cutoff is September 1st. My daughter's birthday is October 4th. She's in a combination TK/Kindergarten class and it is pretty easy for her at the moment. They will test the kids some time in the later months and decide if they'll be going into Kindergarten or 1st grade. My daughter is very ready for Kindergarten and knows most of the material including knowing how to read, count and how to write her upper cased letters. She's really enjoying being around kids her age in school and is learning her lower cased letters, which is neat. I'd be fine if she went into first grade next year.
My son, however, will be going into TK then Kindergarten, I'm sure. He was born November 1st and I think will probably benefit from starting compulsory school a little later, but we'll see.
Post by mainelyfoolish on Sept 23, 2015 17:22:38 GMT -5
If the cut-off date is Sept 30 and the kid is born on that day, that means the kid attends school for about one month before turning 5? Doesn't sound like a big deal to me to send a 4 year old to school with that early of a cutoff. I vote 9/30 so I don't have to pay for 3 years of preschool.
The 30th. To have the option. I mean, if born on the 1st and I wanted to send him, I know my county will let your child take an assessment and what not to go "early", but by being born on the 30th, if I didn't feel he was ready, I could just wait a year.
I mean, had DS2 been born on Dec 31, he'd be in school already (even if we had the option of redshirting) since it's costing us about $12k/year for daycare.
But, if I had had the option to have a kid on either date, I'd choose Oct 1 with the Sept 30 cutoff. But would send a Sept 30 kid to school with their scheduled cohort.
My sister was a cut off kid. Her birthday is Aug 31 and our hometown cut off was Sept 1. She was not redshirted (no need, she's wicked smart) so she was the youngest in her class. She didn't really care except for being the last one to drive, drink, etc.
We recently found out that September is the most popular birthday month. So a big chunk of the class (let's say 15%) will be September birthdays. If every one else just sent their September 2 and sept 15th and sept 19th babies in time, it wouldn't matter.
If you keep home September 30th, then what about 29th, and 28th and August 30th -- and what about June?
Most kids can go on time. I felt sorry for my friend who lives in the US. No preK and a September cut off. Her son, who is 4 weeks younger than my daughter, will start school 2 years after mine. That's a lot of daycare costs.
Knowing how I was at the end of my pregnancies I wouldn't have wanted an extra 24 hours. I know that is not the reasoning you are looking for, but I had no reason at 38 weeks.
My older two are both born close to the cutoff. DD1 less than a week. We considered red shirting her but had no reason other than her size and age. Not good enough reasons IMO. Socially and academically both kids have done extremely well being the youngest.
I just had a September baby and this thread made me look up the cut off here. It's September 1st. I guess it will be nice for the kids to have the extra year of separation in school.
Sept. 30. The youngest kid in my elementary school class ended up being our valedictorian, and the valedictorian of his super prestigious all boys high school, and went on to Harvard, so clearly being the youngest didn't hurt him any. (He has a Dec 27 birthday, in nyc where the cut off is/was(?) dec 31st
The cutoff here is Oct 1. I was induced with DD1 on Oct 3. Had I known, I would have asked to be induced before the deadline. DD1 would have had academic issues either way (& gotten help a year earlier) but socially, athletically & physically she fits in MUCH better with kids the year ahead. Luckily she was in mixed ages until this year so she had the opportunity to fit in despite being much, much bigger than almost all the kids in her 'grade'. The big plus for me is that she'll be able to drive starting almost at the beginning of Sophomore year of HS...and the HS we are leaning toward is a trek away that I don't want to have to do/coordinate multiple years if possible.
Our cutoff date is August 31st and DD2 was born on Sept 1st. She is super outgoing and went to preschool for 3 years so we wanted to send her early. The district wouldn't let her start so we sent her to charter. School started in July so she was four for a couple months. Once she started her age definitely showed. She wasn't as good at following directions and working independently. She finished the year but it was pretty much fun and socializing. We moved her to the district school this year and had her repeat kinder since she wasn't ready for 1st grade. The change is incredible. She is excelling and enjoys helping others. If we are ever in a similar situation I will not send my four year old to kinder.
I had one born right before the cut-off that I sent on time, but really needed the extra year. And I had one who missed the (new) cut-off, went to an extra year of preschool and was bored. However, the challenges were worse with the young kid, so I vote Oct 1.
Interesting
This is why although my initial answer is 9/30, I'd have to wait and see what I thought they'd be ready for (or not)
Redshirting isn't really done here like it is other places. His preschool teacher encouraged us to send him, so we did even though we were nervous. He ended up repeating K (technically, the first year was junior K, but he was in a class with regular kindergarteners) and hasn't suffered long-term for that, but that year was tough, and I wish we'd have held him. In most other places (and even here now that they've changed the cut-off date), he wouldn't have started K when he did.
October 1st! We are red shirting DS with a late October birthday with a December cutoff. His psychologist highly recommended it, and while is very smart and does okay socially, I knew this was the right the decision for him. He just started his third year of prek with a friend who is a month younger than him(both his parents are elementary teachers). His teacher works th a lot of center time and is already differentiating the curriculum to fit his needs(this is week two).
This was my thought. We debated holding DD back, but started her on time. I will never know if I made the right decision. Even if she gets a 1600 on her SAT I'll always wonder if holding her back would have benefited her somehow. I'm a second guesser by nature though. I envy the people who have the decision taken out of their hands.