It's beginning to emerge that the reason DS doesn't like school is the pace of instruction. Simple tedium.
Acceleration is not enough.
Last year my 3rd grade DD was in an 8th grade reading comprehension group. At first she was just oh so happy to be there but after a while the enthusiasm started to fade. It took until almost the end of the year to get her to admit that the pace was "painfully slow." This year the school acknowledged "DD will always be out in front of those kids" so instead of attending the higher level class every day she goes twice a week and spends the other 3 days doing more in depth research projects on topics raised in the readings.
Yeah - sometimes acceleration isn't enough. If they recognize his need for acceleration, though, maybe they will be open to some other creative solutions like we worked out for my DD.
