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Early Entrance into Kindergarten
A parent may request early admission to kindergarten if the child turns age 5 after the district’s kindergarten entrance date (August 1/Sept. 30) and before January 1.

Connor turns age 5 on September 3, 2016; the school district he will attend has chosen the August 1 cutoff date for entry into kindergarten.

We weren’t sure until recently whether we wanted to pursue early entrance into kindergarten, or let him be the oldest in his class. But he’s an early reader; he’s quite the problem-solver; plus, he’s tall for his age, anyway, so it’s not like he wouldn’t fit in. We decided to go for it and let the professionals decide.

We submitted the application for early admission last month; last week, we got the call to schedule an appointment with a school psychologist for Connor to go through the initial half-hour screening. Yesterday was the screening.

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