Thanks so much , Aeh! I sent an email to the teacher to clarify for sure that all other requirements were more than met... Once she answers and if she answeres yes, as I am pretty sure she will as that is what she said at the meeting, I think I am going to ask if we can explore ways to address that issue without holding him back ... I sat down and 'taught' him how to read with expression (I'm pretty sure that is the majority of the problem as he tends to read as its run-on sentence). I bet if she retests him with a new read he'll do fine. He just had to be taught ... I remember being taught explicitly hoe to read aloud... It seems he's never been "taught" and he needed to be 😊