Hi Nikki,
This must be a really hard decision for you to make, especially if DH is against Corey repeating...
Personally I guess I think Corey's teacher would know what she is talking about, and would only have the best interest's of your son in mind.
Is it possible to stress this point to DH??
Its such a tough one though... cause you don't want him to be held back from his friends and to lose self esteem...
but then if you look at it from the other angle, he may very well lose some self esteem if he goes to the next grade, yet is way behind on his literacy, and the last thing anyone wants is for him to get frustrated and just give up!
Are there any special tuturing programs the school could offer? ie. whilst the rest of the class does their literacy, he can go and work one on one with someone else, helping him along at his own pace.
Sorry I dont know if this would work at all, as I don't know much of how schools work these days as I do not have any kids in school yet.