I picked up enrollment papers and met with the middle/high school principal. Principal is pro-acceleration. Says they'll do above grade level testing with ACT Aspire for grade placement and put him in whatever grade he only knows 50% of the material, and start an IEP for ADHD issues.
This sounds good. If DS10 crashes and burns with ADHD issues, it will be huge reality check for him.
I'm a little wary of that 50% benchmark for grade placement. What grade will he end up in? (Sounds like 9th) What classes will he end up in? Yikes.
The school does not do study halls and he cannot take fewer than 6 classes. Music does not count toward those 6 classes - music is scheduled at the same time as the "resource" / study hall the period at the end of the day. Hmmmm....
The shock of an intense schedule would be good for his attitude. But after that shock, surviving the school year is something else.
