The funny thing about the macaroni art comment is that it was one of the primary concerns I had about withdrawing DS to HS him. But it was leprochaun traps in our case. In any event, things are so much better now that he's not in the wrong environment. The fun primary art projects aren't enough of a trade off to have kept him there. I'm sure as a family you will come to the right decision for your DS. And I'm sure it would be easy to arrange for your DS to have art with his age peers in your accommodating school if it's that important to one or both of his parents.
