Polarbear, wonderful post.
The looming decision: the school has a specialized program for LD students that's one-on-one. They'd like to put him there next year. He's not conventionally LD (the gap btwn PS & everything else could be called a written output disorder) and it only arises because he doesn't do his work w/o a teacher at his side prodding him.
I will just add that special education is a service, NOT a place. They should evaluate the educational needs of your particular child thoroughly, and then you and they should as a team determine the proper settings and services that will best suit the needs. It should not be an either-or decision; if it is, they're not doing their job.
DeeDee
