I don't even know if it's bad news or good news anymore...

Its official.

We got booted out of Catholic School. And it wasn't even for bad Jesus jokes.

It was done very nicely, of course. They weren't rude. But it was clear they were very happy to see us go.

They suggested some sort of ADD drugs, or that I could pay for a full time aid in AJ's classroom (at $10 an hour), but without one of those things, they were unable to handle him. So much for the expensive private school.

We went to our new pediatrician. She is actually very helpful and understanding. She agreed that we should pull him out of the Catholic school until we get some testing done to find out exactly what his problems are and how to properly address them, not just throw drugs at him until he follows direction. We agreed that his self esteem is suffering (he asked the Dr. for new DNA, because his is making him bad) and she added that he is too far ahead of public school kindergarten to put him there right now.
His behaviors would probably get worse if he's bored with the curriculum.

The bad part is that we can't get in for a pre-testing meeting until December 7th. That's a really long time to be out of school. I'm at a bit of a loss... I have homework and things that we study at home, but he doesn't get a any interaction with other kids.

I'm so torn. I'm happy to have him out of a school that didn't want him, I'm happy that we are getting tested at the Children's Hospital, but I'm so sad that this has to be so hard. It's kindergarten...it just shouldn't be this way. I just want people to see the bright, funny, smart, wonderful boy that I see everyday (Bad DNA, or not!).

Anyone have any ideas? I've gotten so much great advice here, but I haven't been at this extreme before. I do have a meeting set with the school board here, but I'm a little reluctant to put him into a new school now, when we might have to change again after the testing...help!
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