First Grade Open House... and a rant

Isaac saw his new room, his own desk, locker (a MUCH skinnier locker), and met his teacher. Sadly, he knew NO one. Absolutely not one kid he knew from his class last year. Out of 21 kids, nobody (and there was 24 kids in his last years class). WTH?! And yet, another student had the same thing happen to her, but at least she had 1 she knew and her mom had the same reaction as we...WTH?! Knowing this is making us upset and sad. Isaac is also bummed about it but is excited to get back. The teacher was humbled and said that they try to have at least have 1 kid from the the same class. And then as we took a walk around the other classrooms we noticed that the other 5 1st grade classes EACH had 3-4 kids from his class last year. We know all about requests and such but that is wrong, not fair, and frankly,...NOT cool. Its making us think that the teacher he got is the teacher that gets the scraps...the kids of parents that didn't request or is the teacher no one wants. Stuff like this makes me want to homeschool more and more, would LOVE to, always would have loved to, but I know my husband and family wouldn't agree or understand and think that homeschooling is wrong and is the devil. I thought the same thing until Isaac went off to preschool (second year). I could go on and on about homeschooling but Ill leave it as that. We will see how the first weeks go. And if he doesn't like the surroundings, the teacher or her teaching, then maybe we'll think about switching teachers. I have a few in mind, but won't make any decisions right away. Isaac will tell us himself.
We would have requested IF we knew a teacher (we should have, and just pulled names of a teacher out of a hat, would have gotten a better chance that is for sure). Thankfully, for the next coming grades, we do KNOW, so this won't be an issue anymore...thank GOD!!!!! Just got to remember that we got the best kindergarten teacher last year and that you can't have everything you want. And of you do, life would be boring and youd never meet anyone new. And chances are, next year he may even be reunited with old classmates while having 'new' classmates as well. But still, pisses me off.