 Test him and see if he's up to grade level. Don't just pass him. Because if he needs to repeat the grades so he can be academically on track and he can have confidence and he's not going through life feeling like he's struggling and he's behind and he hasn't learned the first 10 steps and y'all are on step 11, he's going to be in school miserable and hating it. That's why when you transfer from one school to another, they have to be able to test. I'm writing it right now to tell her.