Good ideas. Dazed - I'll see if the school will accept those rubrics if they don't give me alternatives that they want to use (I'm hypersensitive about making suggestions to them now).
inky - we haven't talked much about skipping w/DD. She does not want to leave her friends, so we are concerned that if we talk about it seriously with her, she will stress out about something that may never happen anyway. She has enough anxiety in her life right now. Or if we try to alleviate her fears by 'selling' her on the idea, she may be terribly disappointed if she gets into the gifted school and we choose that instead. However, if we get bad news from the gifted school, I think your recommendation would fit well.
Thanks for the input. Does anyone have advice on wording the letter?
