ACLU of Florida Statement on Prosecution of 18-Year-Old Kaitlyn Hunt

[Ms. Toad]

49. Re being "old" for her grade -

My daughter turned 17 in July of her senior year (2008). She was more than a year younger than many of her classmates. It was very common around the time Kaitlyn was entering kindergarten for students with summer birthdays to be strongly encouraged to wait a year. By strongly encouraged, I mean hauled in for special counseling, required to read articles graphically depicting the number of young-in-grade students who committed - or attempted - suicide, and required to sign documents indicating I had read the literature and was insisting on starting her "early" anyway - and she had to pass a special test. So I'm finding it a bit offensive to repeatedly read that Kaitlyn was "old" for her grade - making the age difference extraordinary. Kaitlyn was far more likely to be the norm than my daughter was.

Please link to the post by Kaitlyn's father claiming the girls were both minors when they first had sex. Every post I have seem written by the parents is accurate, and has attempted to correct the inaccurate statements made by others.