DW and I left the meeting pretty happy with the outcome. We are both realists so we know best solution for us will not be the perfect solution (to incogneato & ebeth's point). It was refreshing to hear the teacher's attitude. She's a younger teacher, but experienced (I'd venture a 30-something teacher) so we may be lucky in that she is more open to finding the right solution for all kids. As it turns out, she has a toddler (her first) and at the end of the meeting she was asking us questions about her toddler's milestones. The point being that I think she had a very good appreciation of why we were there and could relate it personally to her own life experience. If that helps her bond with DS and take him as her little project to challenge, then I'm all for it! She's also an intelligent, articulate teacher. Things could be a lot worse.
We also got a better time line on when they're going to be through the review part. We have to wait until Oct to get current reading assessment levels, but we'll get there. We'll supplement at home as his interests dictate.
JB
