Is there any possibility of selecting his teacher for next year? Could you ask the head if you could interview the potential teachers directly? Can you talk to any of the parents in the year ahead of him to see how they felt about teachers in that class? It would seem a shame to lose that enriched art, since it sounds as though that is one of his greatest passions and strengths.
Alternatively, is there a way to attend another junior school, but still go to his current senior school for art? Does leaving this junior school cut off his chances to go to that senior school in a year's time? Does he want/plan to go that senior school himself when the time comes?
Is part-time homeschooling possible? Could you enroll him in the junior school for a class or two, add the senior school art, and do the rest at home? (Somebody here, Melissa I think, has one of her kids at school just for language arts.)
I'm all questions and no answers!
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