Ditto the appreciation for Wayoutwest's insight. I am really confused at this point. Maybe I am not understanding what DA can provide to any child who has academic needs far beyond their age.
I don't want my 9 or 10 year old in a high school. I want an environment where he is with age peers (within reason, I understand 3 years is a typical spread at DA) and learning at his proper academic level. If I were to wait until he was older, then he would miss out on the upper middle school part of the education and go right to high school. I like the idea of DA because he could stay in a school environment and put down roots for a number of years- middle schol all the way through high school graduation.
On a practical level, I looked at the beginning levels of education at DA and I suspect that most PG kids are hitting those first subject levels at 9 and 10, so why wouldn't there be more kids in that age group at the school? Do you think the other social factors weed many kids out (perhaps mine included) so the school tends to sway more toward the kids working at high school and college level opposed to the high middle school years?
Thanks to the feedback I have some great questions to ask the folks at DA and would be very grateful for any folks with kids 9-11 at DA to write about their experiences.
