laceemouse
laceemouse
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My DS has an early November birthday, and the cutoff for NYC public schools is DECEMBER 31st. Meaning, he will be starting kindergarten when he is 4. We also have middle school so when is is 10 starting 6th grade, he will be in a NYC public middle school with 13-14 year olds. I want to keep him back until the following year, but from what I understand it isn't an option here.
I know I'm getting waaaay ahead of myself here, but there has also been talk of raising the age for a driver's license from 17 to 18. If they do that, he will not be legally able to drive when he starts college. I myself was a late October baby and made the cutoff by 3 days. I HATED always being the youngest in school, not being able to drive, couldn't legally drink in college,etc. One of my neighbors was 2 years older than me (early November b-day), yet was only a year ahead of me in school having missed the cutoff by only days. I was 13 in high school with 19 year olds
I think that the "powers that be" here believe they are doing parents a favor by having a late cutoff and making kids eligible for Kindergarten earlier, since it does cut out essentially a year of daycare expenses. I'm hoping to move before he starts school here anyway, which will then find me stressing over having to pay for an extra year of daycare. Can't win!
Wow! The cut off date was 12/31 like a HUNDRED years ago in most states, and every other state has made it earlier. School is NOT what it used to be years ago. Kindergarten is usually all day with lots of academics and HOURS of homework in most cases. That, and the fact that your child would be exposed to all kinds of junk with the older kids and I would be terrified!
Chances are almost anywhere you move to daycare will be cheaper than NYC. Heck, lots of places are so much cheaper you could probably work P/T or not at all! That rat race kind of live has zero appeal to me!