Is he exceptionally smart? Could be he’s bored. Or perhaps his learning style isn’t a classroom style - some kids just learn better hands on. Or is he the kind of kid who is a super extrovert and just *needs* attention?
It’s good that you’ve got a nice private school that will work with you but if that’s still not helping, well, I don’t envy you... good thing for him he’s got a parent who cares enough to not just give up and look for an easy fix!
He’s both. He’s smart (but doesn’t every parent say that about their kid?) and he digs attention. Lots of it. So at home, we have had to dole it out carefully. Meaning, he gets a lot of time to tell us what’s on his mind, but he doesn’t get to interrupt adults speaking, phone calls, us doing work, etc.
We’ll get it figured out by the time he’s 18. :) I did get some great advice from a fellow FReeper, so that gives me some hope.