What is your school's cutoff birthday for kindergarten?

[aristocatz]

What is the latest date a child can turn 5 to be a kindergartener in your town?

Where I live its before the first day of school.

 

[xjillianpaige]

I believe it's September 1.

 

[G719]

In WV, it's currently Sept 1. Next year the preschool cut off date is changing to july 1 and the following year the kindergarten date will change to July 1.

 

[low-key]

Im not sure but this will give me a chance to say this, girls should be able to start school 1 year before boys, boys mature much slower and geting into each grade with a year more maturity would help the boys so much more

 

[blana]

In NC, you must be 5 on or before August 31.

 

[Disneylover99]

A child can start kindergarten at the age of 3 in Ontario. As long as they turn 4 by the end of the year.

 

[Simba's Mom]

When we used to live in Massachusetts, it was December 31st (at least it was 25 years ago), Our neighbors moved to another state (New Jersey?) where it was September 1. Their little girl, born in October, had to repeat the year.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

July 31st (was September 30th when I was a kid).

 

[tvguy]

I had to look it up. September 1. School started August 10, so 3 weeks after the start of school.
It was November 1 when I was a kid. And school started the day after Labor Day back then. My wife and I were born in the same year, me in June, her in November, so she graduated from High School and college a year after me.

 

[kimblebee]

A child can start kindergarten at the age of 3 in Ontario. As long as they turn 4 by the end of the year.

Funny how different things are only one province away. Here, they have to be 5 by the end of December. Three seems so young to be starting formal school.

 

[Disneylover99]

Funny how different things are only one province away. Here, they have to be 5 by the end of December. Three seems so young to be starting formal school.

It's a 2 year program here. Is it just 1 year in Manitoba?

 

[ThisIsJason]

September 1st. September 2nd to December 1st you can have your child evaluated by the system and see if they will allow with a waver.

When I was in school is was November 1st.

 

[kimblebee]

It's a 2 year program here. Is it just 1 year in Manitoba?

Yeah, it's just one year..that makes more sense. Thanks

 

[xjillianpaige]

When we used to live in Massachusetts, it was December 31st (at least it was 25 years ago), Our neighbors moved to another state (New Jersey?) where it was September 1. Their little girl, born in October, had to repeat the year.

That surprises me, that she had to repeat the year. My friend (Nov. birthday) moved from RI to MA (Dec. cut off to Sept. cut off) and she was able to continue without repeating the year. She was just younger than the rest of us. They may have tested her to make sure she was at grade level.

 

[tvguy]

Funny how different things are only one province away. Here, they have to be 5 by the end of December. Three seems so young to be starting formal school.

Many of the private schools here start full day pre-kindergarten programs at age 3 here. Both my kids started and 3 and could read by the time they started Kindergarten

 

[NAB]

Funny how different things are only one province away. Here, they have to be 5 by the end of December. Three seems so young to be starting formal school.

You would be surprised how well 3 year olds do in school these days. Like some one said they have 2 years to finish the program to go to grade one but by senior kindergarten they are reading sight words, and way ahead. You can legally keep them home until 4 but they will be so far behind the others that started a year sooner.

They are tiny when they are 3/4 there back packs are bigger then they are....lol

 

[xlsm]

August 1st. Our schools typically start around the middle of August. My oldest has a bday a week after the cutoff and is one of the oldest in his class. My youngest has his birthday two weeks before the cutoff and is young for his grade (although not really, his particular class has a TON of late spring/early summer birthdays). So even though my two are just shy of two years apart in age, they are only one grade apart.

 

[Disneylover99]

You would be surprised how well 3 year olds do in school these days. Like some one said they have 2 years to finish the program to go to grade one but by senior kindergarten they are reading sight words, and way ahead. You can legally keep them home until 4 but they will be so far behind the others that started a year sooner.

They are tiny when they are 3/4 there back packs are bigger then they are....lol

I agree. Many students are ready for kindergarten at age 3. In Ontario, kindergarten is definitely recommended, but not mandatory. Students aren't legally required to start school until the age of 6 (by Dec. 31), so beginning grade 1.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

Aug 1, even though school doesn't start until 2 weeks later. DD's bday is the 2nd. We homeschool, so she technically started Kindergarten a year early, but I didn't like the idea of waiting until she was 6.

 

[bcla]

Mine is 5 by Sept 1. My kid is one of the younger ones in the class. I do remember hearing something said in passing by a district employee that kindergarten is legally optional in California. I looked it up, and school is only mandatory when a child turns 6. It would be up to the parent to decide to send a child to kindergarten at 5, or to kindergarten or 1st grade at 6.