Moms and Dads with AS. Dropping kids off at school.

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Well, if they are failing at least 60% of their subjects, then serious thought should be given to having them repeat a year. Also, severe emotional immaturity in comparison to the rest of the class could be a reason to hold them back but as far as I understand, it is not popular to keep children down a grade any more.

I see what you mean. Though on the other hand, I'm very much a 'Treat the cause, not the symptom' myself.

The reason its looked down upon is any child who is held back a grade is significantly more likely to drop out of school before graduation, than a child who is advanced, and say put in special ed.

I know Pennsylvania has a special school that goes year round, 6 days a week, designed to getting kids who failed, expecially those who failed more than one grade, back up to their grade level. Then once they do that they are returned to their home school

Why the big stigma about "dropping out". Not all kids are academically bright and there should be alternatives such as trade school for them.

All the same, I think the school you mention would be helpful for those children who might have started school before they were really ready or who have learning difficulties that can be ameliorated with specialised attention.

Me too-- I make a point to avoid conversation and eye contact so that I'm not half dead by the time I get home. I'm sure everyone at the school thinks I'm a terrific snob but the truth is that it would exhaust me to interact with anyone. I also use my kids as shields-- I let them do the talking if possible while I linger in the background.

It is SO hard and it's nice (well, not nice, but you know what I mean) to see someone else suffers from something that would appear to be so simple. I have felt like such a freak up to this point.

I could've written that myself!