Most of my high school experiance was a complete waste of my time. If you can't homeschool, PUT YOUR KIDS IN PRIVATE SCHOOL.
We homeschooled through the 9th grade.
His high school years are being spent at college. He has lots of friends at church, many are in the same program and attend some of his classes at college. He doesn't seem to regret skipping high school. He comes and goes from classes and has so much more free time than his public high school friends.
We saw an oral surgeon (wisdom teeth extraction time, LOL) the other day and he asked my son why he hadn't started back to school yet.
My son explained the dual enrollment program to the oral surgeon, and the oral surgeon said, "You're so lucky. High school was the biggest waste of time for me...and I was valedictorian of my class."
Admittedly, private school is best. But this would be a program for people who can't afford it. Maybe even some of the ones who could afford it might prefer to give their kids the same 4 year head start offered.
Laura, I also hated high school, and college and grad school, and work. Private schools are just different ghettos.