Echo - what you say makes sense. The reason I was thinking of a new school is that (but then again, he'll have to live that in life when he leaves home)... he's got a not so great reputation with some teachers. The principal was of no help - tho' he retired. Perhaps I am jumping the gun here in trying to put him into a new school. This is hard...trying to do what's best for him. We want to prepare him to handle life... it's .....