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No, I'd happily let my kids go, I think they're ready. My daughter is 5 in October and it's not ideal that she'll only be there two months before the holidays.
BRIAN GUTSELL, 33
Fordlands
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No, I think it would be fine.
A new education proposal would see children start school at 4.
No, I'd happily let my kids go, I think they're ready. My daughter is 5 in October and it's not ideal that she'll only be there two months before the holidays.
BRIAN GUTSELL, 33
Fordlands
No, I think it would be fine.
GEOFFREY CLARK, 23
Ngongotaha
Nah, that's a good idea. I suppose they'll be disrupted to start with, but they'll get used to it.
SANJAY MURTY, 46
Kawaha Point
I think so, maybe 4 and a half. So that kids only start in the first and third term.
NETHIA GOUVEIA, 31
Mangakakahi
My son started at 4 and a half in the UK. I think it's a great idea that they all start together.
HELEN GOUVEIA, 63
Mangakakahi
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