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Update:

Had the conference today and long story short, my husband has agreed to pulling him out of his school for the remainder of the year. (yay victory!)

Their recommendation was that when he returned to school that he enter 2nd grade next year instead of 1st but first things first.. figuring out how to withdraw from school THIS year.

Thanks for the advice all... I had some questions about his results as well but will have to wait as I need to pick the kids up from school and start up the after school activity taxi.

Mara, I just sent you a PM. Also, wondering if you have any plans to meet with the school to go over the results of his testing before going through with pulling him out. (And if you do want to homeschool I can probably help point you to some resources!)

I think this is great news, the pullout victory and skipping 1st. Hurray!

We thought about doing that but felt that in the end it wasn't worth the fight. If we didn't have it in our plans to go to another school for the fall, then I would have tried to make it work first before pulling him. It seemed easier and a better fit just to pull him out for the last 31 days of school.

I'd love any and all help regarding homeschooling for my 31 day session that begins tomorrow! Yay!

Yippee for DH having a softening of the heart. Hopefull the conference helped get him 'orriented' to the new reality. Yippee for starting over as a 2nd grader next year. That gives you a target to try and reach in the next 31 school days - LOL!

Smiles,
Grinity

That was the testers rec for next year. (2nd). Still need to meet with the his sisters school and see what they have for us. That's on Friday!

This seems to be happening so fast I'm a little in shock but I know its the best thing for ds.

I think this is a very good sign. I always felt a little nervous about all the things that we requested for our DS, and skipping 1st, and then moving our DS to a GT school mid-year 2nd grade. But DH and I always knew it was the best thing to do, and that made all the difference. You know your child best - you have had him full time his whole life. I think one of the best things we showed our kiddo is that we would indeed help to fix things if the school situation wasn't right. You are showing this to your little guy too, and it's a good thing. Hope things continue to go well at Friday's meeting.