If redshirting is the answer then why is there such a push for the new earlier head start options, or whatever they're called? They don't want kindergartners at 4 or 5 years old, they want them at 5 or 6. But they want the 3 year old pre- pre-k to be offered in more places and to everybody not just the poorest families. Maybe restructuring the age groups is just to make room for the new younger grades. Or is it the other way around? Are the new younger grades allowing wiggle room to adjust the ages of the classes and like they said make the kindergarten be the new first grade. And I'm still confused if pre-k is just an extra class for the at risk kids or if it's the new play-based school orientation replacing the old kindergarten class? It's kind of cool they're re-structuring everything right now; it's just kind of hard to follow what's going on. ... "History unfolds before us."
