Originally Posted by momofboys:
Parents could always choose to wait a year, nothing wrong with that. I personally wouldn't send a 4-yr-old either.
Depends on your state. One of my DC kids' birthday is end of August. He was always a little less mature anyway, and with him barely turning 5 a couple weeks before he was to start Kindergarten, his mom and I thought that she could just go to the school and say she wanted to hold him out another year.
Not so easy. They have to test them to see if they're ready, and THEY make the determination. In this boy's case, they felt he was ready, so he went. He was in AM Kindergarten, so I just had him nap an hour after school every day. It has all turned out fine - he's in 5th grade now and doing well.
My point is, not every state/school district lets YOU just say "I'm keeping my kid out one more year".