He is in a k-8 independent study program with a district transfer right now. Regular brick and mortar school is out as an option for him until after elementary/high school (he's a very active and outspoken boy). The district he's in has NO gifted program, although the high school has IB. Our home district has paid lip service to GT and has a very basic pull out program in 3-8 (extra work on top of regular classes), not sure what they offer in high school, possibly a few AP options.
AP classes wouldn't phase him now so they probably won't be an issue in a year. The schools that I am aware of don't offer AP till Jr/Sr year though.
No one knows what to do with him, not even his current teacher. We simply dump information at him and watch as it gets soaked up and he begs for more. He has a district transfer because before K our home district threw up their hands (polite version of what happened). The teacher he has now basically said, "I have no idea, but I'll work with him."
The only areas he needs to actually work on to get to the end of 8th by the end of next year are writing (he'll answer verbally just fine, but ask him to write it and suddenly it turns into three word sentences; writing/typing take too long compared to the speed of his brain so he gets frustrated) and math. The math he has been intentionally slowed in. If I simply stop that he'll be through 8th math by the end of next school year with little to no problem.
I don't feel comfortable sending him to a high school campus and I'm not sure if any of the virtual programs will allow a 4 year difference in work level vs. age, especially for a kid just starting the program. He'd be going into 5th by age at the time he'll be ready for high school level work.
I was all well and good with "in the future." "High school at ten years old" is much more daunting.
