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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP— I don’t know your kids exact medical problems. But, I would be very concerned about putting a kid with serious medical problems in a situation that stressful and that high stakes. And signing them up for years of sleep deprivation.  From a health perspective it’s... not ideal.

It would be interesting to see if you could make a six year plan work— which is probably what is realistic. It might be technically possible if your kid was willing to spend six years in high school.  It would concern me, though, because the classes become very close knit.  And the mandatory core curriculum means they are are struggling with the robot project or The God Awful physics unit or Math 4 or junior packets or IBET presentations or college admissions together. And do class field trips, class lock-ins (RIP), class homecoming competitions together. They are each other’s best support system.  And, of course, a large portion of the workload is group projects, where they also support each other.  I think it would be very tough to do if you didn’t really belong to any class. But is probably more feasible than trying to attend TJ half time and graduate in 4 years.

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OP here, 6 years may be more realistic, he has special Ed eligibility until he receives a diploma or turns 21 so there is plenty of time.

He’s not going to fit in 100% whatever he does.  Either his peer group recognizes that and embraces him anyway, or they don’t and that’s going to be hard to predict.  My guess is that in an environment that celebrates the things he’s good at peer relations won’t be worse than elsewhere but who knows. It’s not as if we’re choosing between full time somewhere else and half time at TJ, the medical issues likely won’t let him go full time anywhere, although 2 years is a long time so things could change.  [/quote]

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