I think you should definitely explore home schooling, Kim, if the schools in your area aren't giving your kids what they (and you!) need. The prep & parochial schools in our area have the same reputation as the ones near you, so I'm not even looking at them. No point in paying all that money only to have all the same problems we had for free at public school...
Home schooling is definitely a "plenty good enough!" option for us, far more than our public school was. (Oh, SO much more!) But I want to be sure that the grass isn't actually greener at one of the GT schools. At least there I think he'd have an easier time finding true peers, which will be a challenge for us next year, and I could also get more time alone to write.
Good things!
Oh, and the school I know the most about lets parents AND kids sit in on classes to get a feel for the place, so we could get at least some personal sense of the teachers and their attitudes. I've heard good things about that particular school in that regard, so fingers crossed!
Thanks for the input!
