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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you do short-term homeschooling, don’t pitch it to him as needing a fresh start or say it’s in reaction to him being unhappy. If you do it, make it so you can focus on some big adventure/special project and extra academic enrichment. [/quote]

OP here - this is a really good idea because I do have this concern. Thank you.

To those asking why he’s miserable, I realize I didn’t provide much context. Even though the work comes pretty easy to him, he’s not “bored.” He finds ways to keep engaged in the learning. What’s making him miserable is that no one includes him in anything. He has 1 best friend, but he’s not in class with him this year, and literally all of the boys exclude him. They (and a lot of the girls) make snide remarks about him. The worst times are when the teacher tells them to pair up with a partner. There are an uneven number of kids in the class and he’s always left as the odd man out. The  teacher then throws him into an existing group of 2, and they all moan (or if a kid’s sick, the teacher tells one of the kids they have to work with him - and then other kids say “oh sorry man, that sucks you have to work with him”). We’ve tried talking to the teacher, but she’s as much of the problem. She has showed zero compassion for him and in fact she finds him annoying due to his impulsive ADHD (which we are trialing meds for).

We’re thinking of switching to private school in the fall to have a fresh start from these kids who have at this point labeled him as annoying. [/quote]

He needs to learn to cope.  MS will be worse if he bails.  Just offer support and encourage him to get along.[/quote]

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