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Jim,
So many thoughts...first of all, your son sounds very much like mine. He is in the 7th grade as well.
We had him in Catholic School until the third grade and we felt the caliber of education he was getting was lacking. The instruction wasn't taking into account his particular learning needs.
He was also unhappy and had the maturity to let us know (his older sister is a whizz so none of these "problems" with the the school cropped up...ignorance is bliss, I guess).
We did our homework (just like you have...I really admire how involved you are) and found that the public school system had programs more suited to our son. Off he went.
Four years later and he is a different student...almost 4.0 and he loves learning in advanced placement classes. I think we were very lucky.
I write this in the hope you know there are alternatives, and successes when all seems improbable. I wish you all success in your search for resolution, but more to the point, my absolute best to your son.
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