Our son started a public charter home school program in the 3rd grade. This year he graduated. Frankly, living in Nevada this was the best course of action for us since Nevada appears to rank a decent education somewhere in the neighborhood of dead last – bottom of the barrel – who gives a damn (sorry) about the children of this state.
You, too, may be in the same boat. I highly recommend checking into homeschooling as an alternative if your school system is as bad as ours! Read Thinking About Homeschooling? and see if this option isn’t exactly what your child really needs.
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