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is a child born in dec the youngest in class or the oldest?
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05.27.09, 01:49 PM [ Flag ]
- In New York publics the cutoff is by year 12/31 so youngest. Privates have a 9/1 cutoff
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  05.27.09, 01:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - np In reality, though, there are very few kids in privates who start k the month they turn 5.
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    05.27.09, 02:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- in nyc public, the youngest.
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  05.27.09, 01:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - for public - is there any choice/flexibility? (can you start K a year later?)
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    05.27.09, 01:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - nope.
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      05.27.09, 01:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - ok last annoying question - what if you're in private pre-k...but heading into public K?
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        05.27.09, 01:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        sorry, don
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        05.27.09, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ^^don't understand your question.
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        05.27.09, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        if we did private pre-k, DC would be oldest...but then the following year if DC started into public K, they already would be a year older than the other DCs because they waited a year later to start private pre-k.
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        05.27.09, 01:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        DOE does by year so if you keep your dc in pre-K for an extra year, the doe would put dc in 1st grade
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        05.27.09, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        public k in nyc makes you start kindergarten (regardless of what you did the year before) during the year in which the child turns five. k is not mandatory, but if you don't do k, then 1st during the year they turn six.
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        05.27.09, 02:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ok thank you. seems like such a disadvantage in terms of testing into G&T and the like. oh well.
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        05.27.09, 02:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        not really. they're all in the same boat.
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        05.27.09, 02:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        but isnt being that much younger the equivelant of being not as "developed" aka "smart"?
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        05.27.09, 02:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        the tests are weighted in age group.
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        05.27.09, 02:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        no difference in age cutoff
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        05.27.09, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        my dc's nov/dec classmates currently in 2's program will skip 3's in the fall and do pre-k. and then to public k the following yr.
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        05.27.09, 02:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - not in NYC, but it is common in the burbs
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      05.27.09, 01:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - don't they have a different cut off date, or do they let you redshirt anyway.
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        05.27.09, 01:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I know several people in Scarsdale that redshirt. Seems pretty common there.
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        05.27.09, 01:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        don't they have a different cut-off?
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        05.27.09, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        No
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        05.27.09, 02:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        interesting. westchester does.
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        05.27.09, 02:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        You know what I amwrong, New York State leaves it up to the local aurthority. But the folks that I know have redshirted have summer b-days and they didn't jump through hoops to redshirt
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        05.27.09, 02:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        interesting (and gracious of you to admit). i don't believe in red-shirting, and think it harms the children in the long run.
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        05.27.09, 02:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        School enrollment cut-off is determined district by district -- it's not a statewide standard, at least in NY and NJ.
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        05.27.09, 02:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- in my burb it's somewhere in the middle. Cut-off is 10/1. Parents redshirt their kids. so usually the oldest is born in August (already age 6 when K starts in Sept).
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is a child born in dec the youngest in class or the oldest?

In New York publics the cutoff is by year 12/31 so youngest. Privates have a 9/1 cutoff

np In reality, though, there are very few kids in privates who start k the month they turn 5.

in nyc public, the youngest.

for public - is there any choice/flexibility? (can you start K a year later?)

nope.

ok last annoying question - what if you're in private pre-k...but heading into public K?

sorry, don

^^don't understand your question.

if we did private pre-k, DC would be oldest...but then the following year if DC started into public K, they already would be a year older than the other DCs because they waited a year later to start private pre-k.

DOE does by year so if you keep your dc in pre-K for an extra year, the doe would put dc in 1st grade

public k in nyc makes you start kindergarten (regardless of what you did the year before) during the year in which the child turns five. k is not mandatory, but if you don't do k, then 1st during the year they turn six.

ok thank you. seems like such a disadvantage in terms of testing into G&T and the like. oh well.

not really. they're all in the same boat.

but isnt being that much younger the equivelant of being not as "developed" aka "smart"?

the tests are weighted in age group.

no difference in age cutoff

my dc's nov/dec classmates currently in 2's program will skip 3's in the fall and do pre-k. and then to public k the following yr.

not in NYC, but it is common in the burbs

don't they have a different cut off date, or do they let you redshirt anyway.

I know several people in Scarsdale that redshirt. Seems pretty common there.

don't they have a different cut-off?

No

interesting. westchester does.

You know what I amwrong, New York State leaves it up to the local aurthority. But the folks that I know have redshirted have summer b-days and they didn't jump through hoops to redshirt

interesting (and gracious of you to admit). i don't believe in red-shirting, and think it harms the children in the long run.

School enrollment cut-off is determined district by district -- it's not a statewide standard, at least in NY and NJ.

in my burb it's somewhere in the middle. Cut-off is 10/1. Parents redshirt their kids. so usually the oldest is born in August (already age 6 when K starts in Sept).

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