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[quote=Anonymous]Twin parent here. Sounds like this may be a teacher issue more than a school issue. Our twins needed a year together in preschool to transition to separate classes. Unfortunately the teacher kept referring to them as "the twins" and didn't seem to understand how different they were. (Fraternal. Very fraternal.) The head of school was fine, but it was a small school so we didn't have a lot of choices for teachers. At a different pre-K, we found teachers who collaborated more and seemed to "get" that sometimes development is a little different for twins than singletons. Our twins had some time together during the day, but mostly were in separate groups. After K we were at a bigger school with more twins and more classrooms per grade. Things worked out.

Expulsion for anything non-safety related at 3 years old is ridiculous IMHO.

Have you asked to meet with the head of the school or the school counselor? Perhaps your kids could be put in the same class, presumably with a better teacher, for the remainder of the year. Definitely talk to other parents who know you or your kids at school to see if they've heard of expulsions. This teacher may just be a bad apple.

I wouldn't worry about testing PP suggested. Your kids are too young for anything academically bsubstantive to come out of it unless one or the other is clearly off the charts in behavior. If you do pursue testing, make sure the testers are very, very familiar with twin dynamics and try to have both evaluated.

But it doesn't sound like testing is necessary.

GL at school. Congrats on making through the first 3 years![/quote]

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