Switchedon,
Thanks for the updates about MCPS. If MCPS erases the gifted label, I'm sure many other school districts will follow suit. One of the important reasons to keep the label is that naming an issue is the first step to understanding causes, risk factors and putting preventive strategies in place. Not that we want to prevent giftedness of course, but we want to prevent the social and emotional problems created when their unique learning needs are not met.
I hope you will speak when the policy is submitted for public comment. Your daughter's story is compelling and I thought it would make a great "Letter to a Stranger" described here:
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/ltrs.persuade.james.htm
