Letters To the Editor

To the Editor:

It amazes me that the issue of school-entry date continues to be debated without reference to one critical point: When children begin kindergarten at age 5, the oldest children in the class are 20 percent older than the youngest (related story ).

This fact will not change by dropping the cutoff date for pupils' having reached the age of 5 to June 30 or March 30. It is analogous to trying to make a blanket longer by cutting off the bottom of the blanket and sewing it on the top: The...