raptor_dad, I'd recommend looking at some of the districts on the perimeter of LAUSD. There are some very good schools in Santa Monica, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, and (I think) Orange County.
LAUSD has only 2 elementary schools that are designated "highly gifted" where admission is for students who have had a LAUSD school psychologist-administered IQ test with a result of 145+.
There are several other GIFTED MAGNETS that are not so stringent. Access to those schools is by lottery.
Then, there are schools with SAS programming (schools for advanced studies) which are honors classes.
These are the choices for coursework above and beyond general education in LAUSD.
