As far as homeschooling, I do think it can work wonders, but I wouldn't do it just because you feel you have to....
I honestly know it wouldn't work for me to homeschool and I think we'd all kill each other... well, no, my kids are better-natured than me. I'd be the screaming lunatic.
I'm with you. It will never be my first choice, just keeping the option open if all else fails. We live in Canada and in our province there are only class size caps on grades P-3. At this school, the current grade 3 class is split into a 2/3 class and a 3/4 class. Once the cap ends, they all get shoved together. I have never heard of a class that size in our area... EVER! Thank you for the questions suggestions, as well. She has ADHD accomodations but not a formal IEP because it was deemed that she didn't 'need' one.
This new principal seems very eager and excited to find a way to motivate her. Crossing fingers that the feeling lasts. I am discovering that very few people want to help the underachieving smart child. Grade skipping is not an option because all of her achievement scores (except reading and math reasoning) are only slightly better than average. Frustratingly, she just won't show what she knows. I will ask to meet with her teacher for next year and try to get a sense as to what life for a 2E in a large class will be like for DD.
