CAMom, I hope you don't mind, but I'm sitting here laughing. Your poor son! SOmetimes these things are funnier in retrospect. I can only imagine my own son getting completely frustrated and angry when nobody believes him!

St. Pauli, I think you're absolutely right. I thik I"m going to see if the principal might allow him to go to 2nd grade just for part of the day. Even though he *is* wasting his time this year, I think it might really be best to wait a few months.