The teacher, fortunately, knows DS well and is good. There is no denial on a teacher level. I may just need to sit back and see what happens. I'm worried, though, that what will happen is a reading group of 4-5 kids who are above grade level. Above grade level in 1st can mean a lot of things, though. We did get a line of "Oh, there are a number of kids in his class at about this level so he'll be fine."