OK, so in my curriculum investigations, I've discovered that there is a public charter school here that utilizes the K12 program. Attendance is required at the school 1 day/week (minimum) for core classes and electives and the rest of the curriculum is done online at home (unless you wanted to attend more classes, I guess, which I'm pretty sure DS wouldn't
).
If I understand it correctly, he'd still be a public school student, would take state assessments and so on, but would do the bulk of learning/work at home. I was told that he would be assessed to figure out what grade levels he would need for each subject, and that's what would be used.
Enrollment is limited, of course. I feel like I must be missing something, because it doesn't sound too bad. Sort of like easing into homeschooling with some professional guidance...
Does anyone have any experience with this type of 'school'? What am I missing? What questions did I neglect to ask?
