http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas- We have a visiting boy from El Paso who will be seven years old in November. He says he has not yet started school. How can this happen and who should the father contact to confirm this? He does not know his ABCs or 123s so we are thinking the story may be true. GreatSchools en-us debisdee The little boys father is my new son-in-law. I had no idea how hard it would be to get help for a child. You hear about all of these terrible ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=1#comment_518112 5100.518112 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:53:01 -0700 healthy11 I wonder if your husband needs to speak with an attorney about getting full custody of his son, so you can keep him out of the bad environment he seems ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=1#comment_518036 5100.518036 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:01:10 -0700 debisdee Hi....just an update. We are having a hard time getting any help with our problem. The school system in Iowa will not do testing for this little boy unless he ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=1#comment_517989 5100.517989 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:35:14 -0700 healthy11 blond89, I think you might have only read the title of the post before you commented, without reading the details that followed....This situation isn't about a younger child where anyone ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=1#comment_517692 5100.517692 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:30:34 -0700 blond89 I am a teacher with the Head Start program in El Paso and I believe that children benefit more when they begin school at a younger age and research proves ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=1#comment_517540 5100.517540 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:28:53 -0700 healthy11 It seems to me that I'd heard something similar about attention spans for preschool kids, but I don't know how to judge what would be "typical" for a 7-yr-old who ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=2#comment_451930 5100.451930 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:26:07 -0700 debisdee Thank you for all of your suggestions. My daughter and his father has our 16 year old niece coming over to play games with him today. We are hoping that ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=2#comment_451627 5100.451627 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:44:10 -0700 healthy11 I agree that having a good, comprehensive physical exam (not just a "school physical") is the first place to start. I would also encourage an comprehensive eye and hearing exam. ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=2#comment_451458 5100.451458 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:45:43 -0700 debisdee He does speak English. I have not been around him enough to tell if he may have some type of learning disabilities or if he has just not been around ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=2#comment_451396 5100.451396 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:41:59 -0700 healthy11 If the school that's closest to the father's home isn't the right one (based on attendance boundaries) then they should at least be able to tell him which district school ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=2#comment_451308 5100.451308 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:01:44 -0700 debisdee Thanks so much. I am going to encourage the father to make sure he has his school physical and see about getting him some help for this next month. He ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=3#comment_451290 5100.451290 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:20:14 -0700 healthy11 My understanding is that it's a federal law for kids to start school by age 7. I don't know the boy's situation, but if he doesn't even know his ABC's ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/450981/-What-is-the-mandatory-start-age-for-students-in-Texas-?cpage=3#comment_451058 5100.451058 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:03:17 -0700