<p>I’m another who thinks that if the MS course is going to be superficial and dull for your son, he should skip it. It can be a great class, and it was one of my favorite classes when I was in 9th grade, but how well a class is taught is so important. If your son is just going to be bored, perhaps the school could let him skip science class altogether and so something through self-study. There are so many great distance ed. classes available now. I expect there’s no way the school would ever pay for your son to do a CTY class in school?</p>