I appreciate all the responses. At least it seems like DS is in good company. *lol*
Like Tory and MoN mentioned above, I think the teachers ignored it last year because DS doesn't get behind. He knows the content or can teach it to himself, and if he missed a worksheet or two, he just takes it home and does it here.
It'll be interesting to see what his teacher has to say. I know that I need to address the issue, but I do worry about removing DS's coping mechanism unless we can fix the underlying issue(s).
BTW, at what age does parenting get simpler?