Makes sense. And I think you're smart to view it as a grand experiment. Worst case: you do something different next year. <shrug> No biggie. This is reality, not some theoretical statement you're making about education. Do whatever works for the time being; you can always change to something else later.
The bright side of HSing ridiculously bright kids is that it's hard to do worse than the schools were, assuming you're not pulling the child out of a great school situation. (And no one I know has ever done that!) If you do better than the school, then it's an improvement, and you've hit a "best worst option"!
I know I've shared this many times, but because it was so pivotal to my willingness to HS, I can't help reminding you yet again of my DH's wisdom: "Give DS6 a developmentally appropriate book and let him play the rest of the day and he'd be better off than he was at school."
It really took the pressure off!
Let me know if you want to talk method or curriculum or whatever.
