North Texas School Districts Prepare For Greater Age Differences, Skills Levels Among Incoming Kindergarteners

Dallas TX

20 August, 2021

12:55 PM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth August 20, 2021 Nine-year-old Caleb Porterfield is one of the older students starting the third grade this week in Royse City ISD. "He just has more maturity," said his mother, Ashley Porterfield, "especially when he's in class with other people who are sometimes a year younger than he is." Back when he was first old enough for kindergarten, his parents decided to wait a year, a practice known as red-shirting. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.