Well, the most recent conference with teacher has revealed that DS is "at level" but his grade is still not satisfactory. His reading has improved but he is not "confident" as a reader yet. She says he will pass K but only because she knows how involved we are in his education. She did not know the results of gifted testing during that conference, and no longer recommends retention.
So, Yeah? Or Boo? I don't know how to feel about this, especially since all DS says about school he usually dislikes (except lunch and recess) because of all the work.
Honestly, is that's really how the teacher is expressing this, I'd be wondering if maybe there's a teacher fit problem. He might be retained because he's at level but not "confident" yet?? That's not a reason to retain a kid. If he needs to be more confident, or if he's not quite at level, he should be getting extra help from reading specialists, aides, or special ed teacher. Retention shouldn't even be part of the discussion until the school has provided extra help in this scenario.
For heaven's sake, I wish I had one of my daughter's second grade spelling bee lists for you. I'm pretty sure "cake" was on there last week. Also "den." The very hardest word on the entire list so far has been "tasteless." And our district is high COL and high achieving; our school's test scores are among the highest in the area.
