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    CA is a bit more flexible on early entrance. Kids must be 5 by Dec. 2 to enter K. The minimum age for enrollment in 1st is also 5. So DS (with late Nov. b-day) was enrolled in K until he turned 5 and was then switched to 1st midyear.

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    And, it turns out -- although we didn't know it at the time -- during her time meeting with the school psych, she was administered the WPPSI and an achievement test.
    Although the outcome was good in your instance, I can't believe that they administered an IQ test to your child without your permission! I would have been livid!

    I should have clarified: we did know that she was meeting with the psych and being assessed, we just weren't told what exactly the assessment involved or what her exact scores were. We were new to the process and it was going along swimmingly and my DD was having her needs met, so we didn't ask too many questions. Now, knowing what I know, we would insist on knowing all the details and getting all the data.


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    Originally Posted by Cathy A
    CA is a bit more flexible on early entrance. Kids must be 5 by Dec. 2 to enter K. The minimum age for enrollment in 1st is also 5. So DS (with late Nov. b-day) was enrolled in K until he turned 5 and was then switched to 1st midyear.


    Or they have to have gone through K at a private school and have proof of it (homeschooling does not count as far as I could find out...). Once they hit the door of the K classroom the teacher can just wave at them and send them up to first (what happened with Wolf). It's ridiculously silly in my opinion.

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    Originally Posted by Cricket2
    [quote=mnmom23] That aside smile -- our local districts have an age by which a child must turn 5 to be in K and an age by which s/he must turn 6 to enter 1st. After that, they are much more flexible. So, the only way to get around the K or 1st cut-off that we've found are the following:

    1) Have the child attend a private school for K and 1st and then transfer in to public school as a 2nd grader the next year.
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    2) Have the child complete a year of public K in a state or district with a later cut-off in which instance they overlook the "6 by x date" cut-off for first. A year of K in private school does not work. They make the kids who did private K repeat K in the public school.


    This is what we are finding so far. The law dictates a minimum age for K and 1st. After umpteen phone calls/e-mails to the Dept. of Ed, it seems (although it depends who you talk to) that the 1st grade law is based purely on the school receiving the state's money for him as a student.

    The school CAN accept him as a 1st grader but they will not be compensated for him as a student. Hmmmm? In this economy, doubt they'll be willing to give up $$$. frown Are bribes out of the question? (LOL)

    The private school near us, which is a very nice school, charges more for K than I paid for college at the state U. Plus, "all their kids are gifted!"

    Thanks for your responses, everyone! Still trying to figure this one out . . .


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