I have heard of this issue before. The deciding factor for us is to have our kids start school with the outcome being graduation at 18 years old. It is my experience and my husband's that it can cause issues regarding jobs, housing, student loans, etc to graduate high school at 17. It may appear that we are "red shirting" but the graduation issue is the reason, not an effort to have our kids appear to excel. Actually, I would rather they start school sooner because especially with our oldest, she is capable of doing well even if she was younger in the class.

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