Well, the private school they're attending now would promote him to 1st grade (along with all of the public schools). But this one private school seems "hell bent" to "strictly adhere" to the age cut-off... Which is totally stupid IMO because of kids like mine. One of my friends' daughter is in the same position as my son, got accepted, but they want her to repeat Kinder.
Stupid.
We saw much of the same rigidity in the "Top Preschools" in our area. When we visited, the toddlers were Zombies compared to Mr W and their rooms were basically meat lockers with no books, puzzles, etc. When we interviewed the admins, we also found little imagination or flexibility in their thinking. They had a "method" and planned to stick with to the bitter end no matter what.
