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[quote=Anonymous]PG parent of a PG kid who is thriving at GDS.  Great cohort, excellent teachers, open-ended assignments that provide lots of room for students to challenge themselves.   My DC found CTY (humanities/ES) underwhelming by comparison.  Supplement whatever makes sense, but that's always going to be the right answer with a PG kid -- not a defect of the school.

FWIW, I did public school w/ and w/o gifted programs (different states) and supplemented with community college and college classes nearby -- mostly but not completely after school.  (Something I did on my own, though parents and teachers offered support and encouragement).  Went to college at 17 and was happy I waited.  Took upper division classes from the start, met my future husband during orientation week.  Had I gone at 14 or 15 (an option school administrators encouraged my parents to consider), it would have been a whole different story.  (I know because I was taking college classes at that age locally).

Also, GWU has an online HS.  And School without Walls (DCPS) allows HS kids to take classes at GW (but that might only be in jr/sr year).  I looked into SWW because it seemed like the closest analogue to my own HS/college hybrid experience which I really valued, in part because it gave me both a rich extracurricular life and challenging academics.  (I wouldn't consider online HS for that reason.  I think my kid would miss out on too much on experiences I'm glad I had -- and I don't mean the prom!)  But, especially post-Rhee, SWW didn't look as good as GDS to me for my DC.  But YMMV which is why I mention the option.  
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