Gifted students and their parents tired of a perception they will succeed in any setting are battling for their share of tight local budgets.

A letter to Fairfax Superintendent Jack Dale from parents at Stratford Landing Elementary School’s gifted center bemoaned threatened class size increases of up to four students, compared with one-student increases in regular classrooms.

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