I'm abhorred by this entire conversation. Let's set aside that this is a younger, gifted child, because I don't think ANY child, of any age or ability level, is well-served by spending this much time on unproductive nonsense outside of school hours. It sounds like this school has forgotten that the purpose of school is learning.

I'd pull my child out ASAP, and I'd have some very strong words at the next Board of Education meeting.

FWIW, you can add my voice to the many AP graduates who found a real AP education involved less homework, not more. Heck, my US History teacher gave out a worksheet that might take 20 minutes, and he'd walk in the classroom the next morning to see us all copying the homework answers from the one kid in the class dumb enough to actually do it. He never said a word.

I scored a 5 on that one.