Hugs OHGrandma
That is almost the same situation we find ourselves in. For eg, our son had pull-out on Valentine's Day. When he came home, he was really frustrated. They spend the entire time looking at ecards online for valentine's day. They were not allowed to send any or touch the computer...
This after he brought home his enrichment folder filled with the same types of logic and math work he was doing for fun at home 3 years ago... Online it says that they are working on building robot models and gathering information about how they work.
I printed out the website information and copied all the papers in his enrichment folder before returning it to the school. I am trying to get a meeting scheduled in the next month. I plan to ask them to explain how worksheets relate to the online course description. I probably won't make any friends though... However, it might be fun to hear them dance around the topic. This will be secondary topic since I'm starting by asking for potential grade/subject skips or online learning opportunities.
I think that in general, the pull-out programs are considered a "reward" by the schools for well behaved students. They are certainly geared for high acheivers and MG in our area. They did not want to put our son in the program since he is not a model student.
Good luck and let us know how the meeting goes. I can use all the ammunition I can get for my meeting
