Please DO seriously consider it Mama! Especially if Miss Hormone can continue her sports teams, etc. She'll have PLENTY of socialization, as I'm sure you've already become aware! There are so many ways to do it. You can sign up with a school and do all your courses by correspondence. There are some Universities that offer high school diplomas through Correspondence. You can purchase curricula which has lesson plans and outlines, but she can choose her own reading matter and essentially teach herself through the reading and writing she'll do. This is for Social Studies, Language Arts and Art and Music. You'll still have to do something different for Math and Science, but then again, those correspondence courses are there. Or she could take classes at a Community College.
Our daughter is registered with a high school in Maine which will keep records, provide a transcript, and write letters of recommendation for college when that time comes. We can do whatever we want for courses, make up our own if we want, but we have to keep track of the time spent and send in samples of work, or some evidence of the work done (pictures of experiments, field trips, work, etc.) We chose them because we wanted to follow the Classical Ed. model, going throught History in a chronological manner, and it was the only place that afforded us the opportunity to put together our own program.
The other thing is that she's an only child. While she does get together regularly with friends, it very well may be a good experience to have her with friends on a day to day basis.......or not.
There could be a possibility of an internship at the local Fire House if she continues in her interest in the Fire Science field. That would be great on her transcripts, as well as experience.
I'm rambling.... :o)
It is a 4-volume set that covers all the basics.. sorta like Cliffs Notes for high school :)