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Thanks for all yr input... My daughteer is already is more forward in all aspects like writing letters & numbers orally and written aspects.. Since we are indians , planning to move after some yrs where the syllabus in our country is very tough than usa which will be harder for my DD later.. i have rcvd only one answer with cut off date is marlboro .. however still anybody knows any answers with cut off date later than oct ist , most welcome.
i am actually in the same boat. My girls, birthdate 11/04, would be missing an entire year of school if I keep there here in school in NJ. I am seriously contemplating driving back and forth each day to send them to school In Staten Island, NY (where I grew up) and has a cutoff at Dec 31st.
I do not get these parents holding back their kids just so they'll have an edge in the 4th grade. Is anyone even thinking of long term ramifications of this action? This entire trend of "redshirting" is scary to me.
Having your kid graduate high school at 19? Disregarding the financial implications of lost revenue/earning power of their same aged peers, the social implications of dating in both hs and college? even the age in which they will be paying off student loans and being able to start their adult life financially.
Yes, I am another person who started Kindergarten at age 4 and turned 5 in October. I just can not imagine wasting a year when they are at a stage that they are sponges taking everything in much faster than when they are older.
ok, here is the real "financial loss" if you push your kids to school system prematurely.
Starting 2004, there is NJ Star scholarship for kids graduated with top 20% of the class, going to NJ college. Assuming, statiscally, your kids were the youngest ones and not able to make top 20%, you would have to pay tens of thousands more for 2 year college. And for NJ Star II, if your prematured kids missed again not make B average at county college, you pay much more last two years of college.
So, think twice, if you "make your kid to school system prematurely", yet go to "very top school system", you make your kid double handicap in terms of competition. And that loss can be measured by money.
read the new studies. its not showing that redshirting the kids are not doing them any benefit. in reading, the edge levels out in the 3rd grade and in math THEY LAG BEHIND
and quite frankly, i am not sure that a program in NJ today is still going going to be around or valid 20 years from now.
The kids who are started early are at least one year younger than the oldest kids in their classes. That alone is a handicap at these young ages. These kids are almost always perceived as younger and less mature, true or not.
I am not in favor of "redshirting" or early starts. I think kids should start with their classes. The friend of my daughter's who had all the problems with drugs, alcohol and sex has a birthday only two weeks after the cut-off. Another mom told me her early start daughter seemed to have less insight than the older kids once she got to middle school.
but those instances are very specific to those children. I believe that the school year cut off should either be the first day of school or the end of the calendar year.
as for readiness... well, I'm in an interesting position of having twins. I know even now, at age 3, that one will be more than ready. In fact, she's already reading.
The other tests (they are evaluated by development specialist every 3 months as part of a preemie study) right on the money of her real age.
If, when the time comes, one isnt absolutely ready, I would have no issue keeping them both out for another year.
If, however, they are both ready, they ARE both going even if I have to pay the damn bridge everyday for 2 years.
but those instances are very specific to those children. I believe that the school year cut off should either be the first day of school or the end of the calendar year.
as for readiness... well, I'm in an interesting position of having twins. I know even now, at age 3, that one will be more than ready. In fact, she's already reading.
The other tests (they are evaluated by development specialist every 3 months as part of a preemie study) right on the money of her real age.
If, when the time comes, one isnt absolutely ready, I would have no issue keeping them both out for another year.
If, however, they are both ready, they ARE both going even if I have to pay the damn bridge everyday for 2 years.
What you fail to realize is that it's about more than being able to read early or that they will lose a year of earning power. You should do some research on how kids, who are a year younger than their peers, fare when faced with choices regarding social issues in their teens - drinking & driving, taking drugs, unprotected sex.
Ridgewood is now willing to "test" kids into kindegarten if their birthday falls between Oct 1 and December 15th. Previously they had been very strict about the cut-off date.
IMO, they are doing this to counter the nut-jobs who start their kids very late (ie, spring birthdays) who do it entirely for the athletic edge their kids will get by being bigger.
Call the elementary schools of the towns you are interested in and ask to speak to the learning counselor. They will be able to advise you regarding how flexible the district is with the cut-off date.
I have a dayghter 4 yr old and looking for a public schools with cut off date later than oct ist to enter in to kindergarden next yr for my DD.
This is just a BAD idea. Many years ago my parents put me in kindergarden when I was just 4 1/2 years old and most of my classmates were a year older than I was. I was always the youngest and most immature in my class and to this day I resent my parents decision to start me out too soon. There is a big difference in child development between 4 and 5 year olds.
You only get one chance to start your child off on the right foot.
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