Originally Posted by JaneSmith
I realize I'm stating the obvious to most here, but just in case some people are going through this right now:

In many places it's very easy to get around this by doing private kindergarten.

In many Massachusetts school districts one must send the child to private school for both kindergarten AND 1st grade -- public school age requirements apply to both.

Public schools can have such silly policies because they are quasi-monopolies that parents must spend tens of thousands of dollars to avoid. I think a voucher system is needed. Schools with bad policies would lose students, and teachers in such schools would lose their jobs.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell