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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the principal who said get him some tutoring and read a lot with him over the next 6 mos.  That takes effort on your part.  Having him repeat a grade seems like the "least effort on the parentss part" way of doing things.

[/quote] OP here, actually we have been doing an exhausting amount of work with him at home. The problem is that what needs to happen at school is not.  It's to the point that our evenings (after school and work) are spent focusing on him, doing lessons with him, reading, writing, math, learning to tell time, etc.  He hates it, there are tears and it's just becoming counter productive.  He needs to be in a school where he will get lots of repetition and that is just not going to happen where he is. What we are doing at home is not cutting it, believe me we are not trying to take the easy way out.  What we are doing now is not working so we are trying to figure out what will.  Trust me, I would prefer not to hold him back.  Honestly, what I would like to see happen is he transfer now to the new school at his current grade level and we hire a good tutor for the summer.  We are talking to the administration at both schools to figure out the best solution here.  If we do end up moving him over now I will hire a tutor for the summer. We all (my son, my husband and myself) all need a break from each other with regards to tutoring him.

And several people mentioned having him tested.  There are some steps that need to happen before a child is tested and we actually are in that process right now. The feedback so far has been that he has shown huge growth from where he was last year so they do not feel there are learning challenges.  He is a different type of learner and his current school just isn't set up to meet his needs, they expect him to thrive in a traditional classroom setting where there is a lot more structure, homework, and daily/repetition of work.[/quote]

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