Thank you for your time.

Thank you!

There are alternative schools and there are homeschooling communities - you might try punching in 'homeschooling and the name of your county and see what comes up. There's a directory of alternative schools written by a man named Jerry Mintz - maybe your local library could get it for you.
But it's college towns and places of liberal thought that tend to have alternative schools. Your son reason for disliking school is not an uncommon one but sadly it's not common to find a good alternative school - they tend to be few and far between.
Good luck.

Hi. I'm not from TX, but I would encourage you to visit the school and speak to a counselor about your concerns. I also wonder if your son might have an undiagnosed attention deficit....he sounds very much like my teen, and there have been studies that show a disproportionate number of kids who like skateboarding/being in motion/not sitting still have ADHD. It's a medical diagnosis, but it can have a definite impact in an educational setting.

Many traditional high schools offer "alternative" high school programs for kids at risk of dropping out, and you might also ask a counselor about that, or perhaps see if your "hands-on" son can get into a "vocational" track like auto mechanics or welding at school.

If all else fails, and none of those options are available, then TX does have some good cyber-school options: distancelearn.about.com/od/onlinepublicschools/a/TexasPublic.htm