I tutor students in an IB program, and my cousin (DC14) does an AP curriculum. It seems as if the IB is a little bit more accelerated, but students do have to wait to take full advantage of it. Is it possible to arrange something with the community college, where he could take college courses on his own for challenge? I tried that for as long as my district would let me when I was in high school, and I got more out of that than I did from AP classes. If you have ACT scores or SAT scores (especially if comparable to the college's average), community colleges sometimes will arrange for something to be done so that a student can learn at his/her level. Usually, they enjoy having gifted students smile