You're telling me that grass is green?

In May God informed us that I would be homeschooling Ham. The conversation went something like this:

God: You need to home school Ham.
Me: You cant be serious. I maintained a solid D in History for 13 years strait. And Science... don't get me started on Science.
God: I will help you.
Me:  But wont he miss his friends.
God:  Take him to church and he'll see his friends.
Me:  But.....but....
God:  Don't call me a butt. (He totally could have said that. My God has a sense of humor)
Me:  Dadgumit. I didn't want to work anyway.

So the search for the perfect (and by perfect I mean cheap but sufficient) curriculum began. All summer I have been working on planning our home school adventure. At the same time I've been fighting for my daughter. Last school year she made honor roll 3 of the 4 quarters. Unfortunately her teacher does not feel that is a good enough reason to pass her on to the second grade. I have always been told that when your child is in elementary school they can not retain them without the parents permission. Here's how the process goes for us:

1.  Parent & teacher meet. Parent says pass. Teacher says retain. If no agreement is made another meeting will be made with principal.

2.  If parent cant attend meeting due to lack of notice and work schedule a detailed letter is written by parent explaining why their child should be promoted to next grade.

3.  After the meeting parent gets letter from principal stating that they read the letter and still feel child should be retained due to the fact that the teacher feels like the six year old child is immature. Also if we want to appeal the schools decision we can fill out the appeal form and write a letter (Hello! We already did.) and it can go to the school board for a final decision

4.  Father of child writes a letter letting the school know all of the flaws in their system. The letter also informs the principal that calling a 6 year old child immature is as redundant as calling the grass green or sky blue.

It has been 2 months since we since our last letter accompanied by their "appeal form". School starts in just over a week. I finally got a call from the principal yesterday stating that the school board meeting has been set for Thursday night and our attendance is optional. Do they really believe that we would go this far and just decide that this meeting is not important enough to show up? I am terrified. I am a peacemaker. I don't like confrontation so this meeting is especially difficult for me. However, I believe that our children are a gift from God. If I'm not willing to stand up and fight for my children then how can I expect anyone else to? Most importantly.... I believe in my child. I believe that she will be successful in the second grade. Her teacher convinced her that she would not succeed if she moved on. She needs to know that someone believes in her or she will likely give up on herself. There are so many things I hope she learns from this experience.

With God on your side you can not fail. And stand up for what you believe in.

If the school board votes to retain her then I'll be homeschooling two kids this year instead of two. That scares the poo out of me. But I believe that no matter what... God is in control.