Oh one more thing: you mentioned your son's personality. My eldest son is stubborn and knows his own mind very well. My daughter is more compliant. She would have fit in better in the public schools as a result, but I think they would actually have damaged her more than my eldest. He's more prone to speak up or act out if something isn't right. DD would be far more likely to just go with the flow and probably wouldn't have been stretched appropriately. She turned 7 last week and is in 3rd grade. It's not much of a challenge so far, but her brain would be quietly ossifying if she was in 2nd grade now (and because of cutoff dates, some schools might have pushed to redshirt her and she could still be in first grade!!).

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