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Kathy and Jeff Hewson of Ocean Township, N.J., faced a tough decision. Their son Christopher had turned five and was eligible to enter kindergarten. Christopher had already spent two years at nursery school, but its director felt he was "developmentally young." She recommended that kindergarten be delayed; the Hewsons agreed; and a year later they could not be happier with their choice. Christopher, who started kindergarten in September, is now a secure, energetic little boy who plays easily with his peers. "By keeping our son back last year, we gave him a gift," says Kathy. "We allowed...
Resisting the temptation to turn their child into an early overachiever, a surprising number of parents are consciously delaying their youngster's entrance to kindergarten even when age eligible. This is known, quaintly, as redshirting, after the common university practice of keeping athletes out of games to allow them an extra year of playing eligibility. To some teachers, redshirting children is necessary because all too many kindergartens are more concerned with academics than with the emotional and physical development of youngsters. To others, the practice is not much better than coddling...
...appeals filed last month with the Middlesex Superior Court, Jean Brooks states that the Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) should not have upheld the school's right to operate a kindergarten on the site. In addition, it should not have issued a permit allowing CDS to offer classes through seventh grade...
...frustration. "People are leaving East Germany because they have lost all hope of change, because the Communists are closed to Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika," said Reinhard Schult, one of the founders of the biggest new opposition movement, New Forum. "We can no longer tolerate the kindergarten atmosphere or being constantly led by the nose on all fronts...
...Commonwealth Day School moved to Cambridge from Newbury St. in Boston last fall and began kindergarten classes in the Brattle St. building. Because of space limitations, the school rented temporary classrooms for older students at the city's YWCA, according to Headmaster Robert E. Myette...