Oh WillaGayle! ((hugs))
It's not your fault that these kids were throwing sticks at your house!
I don't have any contructive ideas at all - except, send him to school with candy for everybody. This is weird, but I find normal (non-gifted) kids to be very amazingly shallow - apparently that's a normal thing that they grow out of. It's almost beyond my imagining how shallow they are, in general. So don't hold back trying anything crass or obvious, such as sending in candy, as long as it isn't mean. Then see if I'm right. Prepare to be suprised.
Love and More Love,
Trinity
