My dd is now 7, and we went through all of that. First, do NOT believe ANYTHING you are told. Look it up for yourself. Our school staff told us that since our cutoff is Sept and dds birthday was Feb, it wouldn't be considered. In our state, we have a way to test into K one year early. Turns out we have a whole team for the district that does the assessments, but these are jaded people. I spoke to one casually when she was discussing how bad her day was having to evaluate kids for early K. Her attitude was that "these parents" who want to push their kids and think their kids are so smart....She has never seen one who is ready. Anyway, we decided not to pursue it.
By the next year, the SCHOOL, not the district made the decision easy. They said she really needed to start in first, not K.
We enjoyed that last year of having her home before first grade, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. But I'm sure she would have loved to start in K.
Thanks... now I wish I would've pushed further... but maybe I can push for 1st since I KNOW that is where he belongs, not in K in the fall...
