We've been thinking about transferring DS7 to a new school. This is literally a brand new school that a home schooling father of seven children owns and will start this fall. Besides himself, who has an Phd in engineering and focus on math teaching, There are a couple of teachers he hired from a Montessori school. Those teachers are so good that half of this new school's student are those following their teacher from the Montessori. The school is pre K to 8th Grade and currently enrolls 90 kids.
I went yesterday to check out the school facility and spoke to the owner. I showed him DS's testing results and some portfolio and asked what do they do with kids like this.
He said he is going to design a custom curriculum for him and challenge him as far as he can go. He will also bring them to participate in competitions when they are ready.
I am still not sure about this, as it lacks a track record. Also, it does not really offer much else other than rigorous academic programs. It won't have programs which a public school has, such as a band, a speech team, athletics clubs, or chess club. It's like another extreme of public school, where my DS currently attends at 2nd grade and does not learn a thing.
Is keeping a child adequately challenged so important that so it is worth to give up all other school activities?
