Originally Posted by puffin
The school trying to prove the kid doesn't need the acceleration is a real risk and can be very damaging - going through the motions at school and doing AOPS at home often causes less damage. In an ideal world this would not be so but we don't live in an ideal world.

Agreed, we don't live in an ideal world, for that, we have to keep on working toward it by not just letting schools slide on not providing for the needs of our children.