<p>Wow: Although we believe in a quality free public education, had to pull a similar kid out of the system due to just the things you’ve mentioned. Kid needed a challenging, but supportive and nurturing learing environment, not the dog-eat-dog scraps that our state tosses out to a multitude of kids jumping to grab a llimited # of bones from an overcrowded classroom. Gifted kids need an education system that challenges, but fosters their gifts. Note: I spoke to an MIT grad once, who said “I don’t tell people I went to MIT.” When asked why they said people always want them to solve a problem, when they learn that they went to MIT. I said: “What’s wrong with that?” They said: The last problem was asked to “fix” happened to be in the window ceil of a window that they were enjoying the view from. I think that brilliant kids, like your D, are very, very fragile and that care needs to be taken because very few people understand them.</p>