thanks Grinity. i feel like our school "does what it does" and doesn't really get flexible with individual student plans. they do inventory 2x a year for math and reading placement. We are going to be investigating other school districts in the area to see if we can do better that way. i have parent/teacher conferences next week. i am a bit nervous to walk in as a squeaky wheel AND ask them to kindly fill out his DYS letters of recommendation lol