Need help with a lost cause. We are in a state that has no partial homeschooling.
Do you mean that public schools are not allowed to offer partial HSing, or not required to? Huge difference there.
She will give up a lot of the extras school offers that she loves. It just doesn't seem fair how rigid our school system is. Principals do not have the authority to change curriculum.
Can they accelerate a kid?
This is strictly forbidden by our district policies. To our surprise, the principal didn't laugh in our faces and instead scheduled a meeting to see what we can work out.
Our experience is that sometimes people do want to help, do grasp the child's situation, and do try unusual things to make it all work better. It is easier to get people to do this as an accommodation for one particular outlier child than to get them to change the rules for everyone. Approach it as if you didn't know it was impossible by the rules and see what they say.
Any thoughts about what to expect? And how to be open minded but also politely decline any "library helper" type solutions?
MON, how old is your DD? At some point she should be in the planning meetings for all or part of the meeting. It can be very effective to have the young person say in their own words what they want from their education. (You don't have to keep her in there for the sorting-out part...) We did this for the first time this year (grade 5, age 10) and it was very good for all concerned.
I think you can trust yourself to know what solutions sound workable, and what do not.
I hope it can be worked out!
DeeDee
