Redshirting: Holding kids back from kindergarten (with POLL)

[Red Squirrel]

I think I started at like 4.

 

[foghorn67]

Started at 4, went to college when I was 17.

Same.

 

[actuarial]

My sister and brother started junior kindergarten at 3 as they have November/December birthdays and the cut-off is Jan 1.

My first kid was born in April, and my wife knows that no babies will be made that have the strong possibility of a birthday after June 30 to make sure they are not the youngest.

I can only think of one person I ever knew who was redshirted, and their birthday was Dec 31 (my brother's was Dec 28 and he was not).

 

[SearchMaster]

Hard cutoff is Sept 1 in Oregon, and her birthday is the 5th. We could have had her tested (for $500) and she would have had to get something like 97% in all categories. Even if she passed though, her admission would have been probationary. So we decided to not fight it. She is being home schooled in Kindergarten this year by our next door neighbor who home schools her boys. My only concern is that she'll get bored next year, but we'll just have to keep communication open with the teacher.

My sister had her son tested for early admission. He was a voracious reader and could add double digit numbers in his head at age 5 so he passed everything with flying colors - except one of the tests was cutting with scissors and he'd never used them before. So he 'failed' the test even though it would have taken 15 minutes to train him in the proper usage.