School Testing

From my understanding (I've asked for my own dd), the state is the one who mandates now that your child has to be 5 before sept 1st in order to start. It's a $$ issue, not a 'smarts' issue. They do not want to pay for kids to go to school until they have to.

To the previous response on Anoka-Hennepin - my bday is sept 5th and my parents took it to the board to try and get me in early and wrote letters, etc. It did not work. That was almost 30 yrs ago, before all of the budget cuts.

I don't know what school district you are in but I know that if you are in Hennipin-Anoka #11 you will have to wait until the following school year to start her. My oldest is 10 and her birthday is Sep 27th, We wanted to put her in school the year that she turned 5 but they would not let her because the cut off date is Sep 1st here. You will need to contact the school district and see what they say about it.

T.

Not sure if I understand your question. If you are thinking you'd like her to start in 2007 even though her birthday falls after the August cut off date, you should contact your school. I believe the education system holds tight to that August cut off date and you'll have to wait until 2008. That's my understanding. They don't start moving them along and advancing them until after Kindergarten, if needed.