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Pulling him out of school is a great way to help him learn social skills.
Did you know that at school, during 80% of the time, kids are punished if they socialize?
Meanwhile, in the world outside the walls, there are many great kids of different ages as well as adults with whom to socialize, with no fear of punishment.
On the other hand, the time they spend together in school helps kids meet and relate to each other. Most kids of an age where they'd be interested in socializing with him are in school, so freeing up the time he's in school doesn't free up 80% of that time block for socialization, because the great majority of people he'd be socializing with are otherwise occupied, and it's harder to get into the social groups of the kids who go to a school when you're removed from one of the in-groups central to their lives.
If James' kid were the only one, maybe. But I'll bet that there are plenty of kids and people of other ages who are not in school, including in western Massachusetts where he lives.