<p>One other option that hasn’t been mentioned is homeschooling, which, at your son’s age, really means self schooling.
My son had similar issues, although different academic interests (tested off the charts in all areas, brilliant writer intensely interested in international politics, history and the sciences) He chose to homeschool for the 9th grade and mastered AP Physics, AP US history and assorted other subjects. </p>
<p>It was a huge success for him-- pulling together his own materials (even finding a physics tutor when he hit a bit of a wall) AND made him realize what he did like about school (girls). He then went to a public HS for the next three years. But, because of his homeschool experience, he knew exactly why he was in High School (to maintain a social life) and understood that his actual education was up to him. He is now headed off to a great school with a 80% merit scholarship (unless he gets of the Harvard waitlist, which seems less likely by the day).</p>