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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here again. I've heard great things about CA but isn't there a wait list? I'll call them on Monday, but it seems awfully small with high demand. [/quote]

Almost any good private school will have a wait list but sometimes people get lucky and a slot opens up. [/quote]

PP here. I stated in my original post that he was in a top private school, by DCUM lingo, a BIG 5 school. It did not work out because teachers were constantly emailing us asking us to slow him down because he was too far ahead of the class. It isn't a ding against the school -- they have a market to serve, but it they couldn't serve our son.[/quote]

Hate to tell you but no SN private school is going to have the type of academics you are looking for if a Big 5 school could not.  We had a long discussion about this with our neuropsych for our ASD/ADHD kid with an IQ in the profoundly gifted range who does not have LDs.  Our son currently attends a language immersion school which does provide challenges bc he has to work at the target language in reading and writing which is an innate characteristic of Mandarin.  We especially like the fact that he has to "work" at something academic and not slide along bc it is "easy".

Most SN private schools like Lab, etc provide academic remediation not acceleration.  The private schools that can provide challenges are schools like GDS, Sidwell, St. Albans and St Anselm's but like AAP, they are not ideal for someone with your son's profile either.

If you are looking for math acceleration, you will probably be best off in AAP even with the large classes.

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PP here. I would normally agree with you, but I have heard from multiple credible sources that Commonwealth Academy is the exception to this rule. I will check them out tomorrow.[/quote]

My kid has ASD and ADHD so it looks like Commonwealth isn't an option for him.  Also, DS has no learning disabilities and does not need academic supports (above grade level across the board) just small class size although he is doing fine currently at a public charter with IEP with 18/19 kids.  But he is entering 3rd grade so we are looking at middle schools.
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