Retention- Whose Decision Is It?

I am currently facing a torn issue in my class. I have a student that I feel does not need to move on to first grade. However, the parent is determined that the child will not repeat kindergarten. So who should make the ultimate decision? The child came to school lacking very important basic skills for building knowledge. He has made lots of progress but stills falls very short of being on level with the rest of my class. He has had intensive tutoring from the school in order to catch him up to where he is at the present … Continue reading