I�m glad he is social. I think many teachers misinterpret kids separating themselves from the group as immaturity. The term also seems to be a catch-all phrase that is used to sway parents to accept a recommendation without concrete justification.
I would recommend your sibling ask that he be taken up to the next grade as an experiment to see if his out-put and attention improves. I also agree with the full GT evaluation. Unless he is found to be just average or below for grade, I would advise against the retention. I think he would become more disengaged from school if he had to remain in the early grades even longer.
Are the parents floored by this recommendation? I hope they weren�t intimidated by the number of teachers at the meeting. Did they all have some first hand knowledge of the boy, or was it just an ambush?
