"They need to grow as individuals." -   My children ARE individuals.  Please treat them as individuals rather than lumping them into the general category of "twins".  As identicals, they can express their individuality more if they are together with one teacher who can learn to tell the differences between them rather than splitting them between 2 teachers where neither one will be able to tell the apart.  Some of the students will learn the differences between the girls if they are both in their class as well.

"They will get too competitive." -  My daughters have never been competitive against one another.   Sometimes they "compete" as a team, with only joy for the one who wins and "good jobs" for the other.  They have never expressed any anger or aggression at having the other one win.  I don't see how this applies to our situation.

"They will be too dependant on one another." - So does that mean I should leave my husband, deny my parents and dump my children?  We are all very dependant on one another, that is what helps us grow as individuals and as humans!  Yes, if something happens to my husband I will be devastated, but I would never change my relationship just so I won't be so "dependant" on him.  I am a much better person because of him.  The same way my daughters are much stronger and lead much fuller lives because they have each other and they have their brother as well.  In our case, my daughters do not play exclusively with one another.  They have many friends in school and in the neighborhood they play with.

"I have children 2 years apart, so I know what it's like to have multiples." - (I have to give them the "you've GOT to be kidding" look.)  I have children 2 years apart also, just when I had the second birth two children came out.  (My son is 2 years older than my twin girls.)

If you have any other school reasons why to split multiples, please send them to me at webmessages@mkrueger.net