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Originally posted by dtb
In NYC (don't know where you are), it is very, very difficult (has gotten even more difficult in recent years) for summer birthdays to be accepted into private schools for kindergarten to begin the September after they turn 5. It can happen for girls, but almost never for boys.
The ongoing schools and preschools make it a point to say that it is never (well, rarely, I guess) because the kids aren't ready intellectually.
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That's interesting that the schools are turning kids away for a year. I'm sure nearly all the kids are ready intellectually. My concern is the emotional/social comfort. Like I said, she does fine and is assertive and thriving, but over the years I think having the extra 10 months or so of emotional maturity will probably matter a lot for some kids, and I'd rather her be on the comfortable and older end than the opposite...but at this point it seems she will be doing K next year.
