Hi, I am imagine how you guys are going to respond to this one.

I have been on the verge of homeschooling my 6yo son for months now, but without the support of my family, it's just so hard... So I agreed to leave him there for the rest of first grade-- after all, they say, it's just first grade and it's almost over!

Yesterday I had a conversation with the teacher in which she said that he's done so little work in the past month that she's not sure she can pass him.

Holy ##$%!

So my question is, how important is it to avoid something like a "failure" that will go on his "permanent record?" His report cards up until now have been pretty good, despite the horrible year we're having, so do I need to be very careful to get now while the gettins' good?