It would take a really, really good teacher with some creative approaches and a lot of parent volunteers IMHO to make a mixed ability grouping of 30+ kids work for a 2e kid.
And this is why I am afraid for DD. She sounds quite a bit like your DD. Unfortunately, there are no gifted programs/teachers she can access. Any acceleration is at the discretion of the teacher.
We have been tossing around the idea of trying to homeschool. It is difficult to know if I could swing it due to my work schedule. I work full-time hours but the shifts vary from 9-24 hrs so I often have many days off in a row. My suspicion is that I could homeschool her part-time and she would still get more out of it than in a large class. Not sure I could handle all the work involved or that I want to risk the head-butting involved (the two of us do not work well together). I guess I am going to have to be the over-eager classroom volunteer to start off with.
