So how many IB are going to really be at Hardy?

[Anonymous]

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Not really. The parents who prepared this flyer (IB prospective parents) consulted with the school about the numbers , and decided to respectfully endorse the school policy which is to release data about the school constituency (feeder schools) instead of sub-grouping (IB vs OB). The reasons why P. Pride adopted this policy is quite obvious and has been presented by several PPs. It has nothing to do with hiding unfavorable numbers. Rather it has to do with her need and plan to respect current parents' commitment and sensitivities, given that, for instance, several PTO members are OB from feeder schools. As she stated during the open house tour , she is an educator, not a marketing strategy.

OK, so can we see the feeder school numbers for the last couple of years then? Because the only number available for last year is the IB/OOB numbers from the DCPS profiles page. Principal Pride has been pretty consistently implying that there was a big jump in kids attending Hardy through the feeders rather than the lottery this year, but the numbers provided to back it up are comparing this year's measurement against last year's. Surely the numbers exist from previous years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to consider IB vs OOB in that way, of course. My issue is really with what Hardy is -- a small, specialized, non-neighborhood school with required uniforms and not as many sports as Deal. I'm sure I'd think about it differently if my home was not just redistricted from Deal to Hardy, but Hardy does not compare to Deal. I think maybe Hardy should become a more specialized, test-in middle school. It is just so different from Deal, which seems to have the resources to serve a broader population. Forgive me if this seems harsh to those who are working so hard to improve Hardy, but I moved into a neighborhood that fed into Deal and now it feeds into Hardy. All I can see is how Hardy does not measure up.

Sorry, what is that you can see? Have you seen the school? If so, tell us, on which floor is the gym? And in which floor are the music classes?

I am not working hard for Hardy, I have a different highly regarding full time job I work hard for in one of the international financial organizations in downtown DC. So do not feel sorry for me or for my son, who is having a great learning experience at Hardy, after her 5 years as an IB at Horace Mann. And please note that, in addition to our two high incomes, my organization would have paid for 50% of my private school tuition, so our choice for Hardy has been driven exclusively by the confidence that the school would provide, as it's providing, the best available educational and social experience for my (high performing) kid. At 20 mins walk or 3 minute drive from home.

[Anonymous]

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PP, as part of your sooner than later strategy, have you visited the school during one of the recent open houses? I think you have not, otherwise you'd speak differently.

As the PP said, I truly believe this school is not for you. So I'd suggest that you sooner than later start planning moving to Tenleytown or to Montgomery County or to Chinatown (for Basis) . Or re-do your budget to make room for a private school fees. There's lots of excellent private school in the area, with relatively low fees (Holy Trinity is just a couple of blocks south). Truly, you do not belong to this thread.

I'm an in-bound parent and this is the kind of talk that makes me batshit crazy. It has been a hallmark of Hardy for decades: we do things our way, and if you don't like it, move or go private. Hardy is my in-boundary school, my kids have the right to attend, I have the right to try and change it to be the school I want.

[Anonymous]

When I read yesterday that Jeff was having database troubles, my first thought was "don't let it affect the Hardy thread!"

Thankfully my prayers have been answered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I read yesterday that Jeff was having database troubles, my first thought was "don't let it affect the Hardy thread!"

Thankfully my prayers have been answered.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahhhh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Not really. The parents who prepared this flyer (IB prospective parents) consulted with the school about the numbers , and decided to respectfully endorse the school policy which is to release data about the school constituency (feeder schools) instead of sub-grouping (IB vs OB). The reasons why P. Pride adopted this policy is quite obvious and has been presented by several PPs. It has nothing to do with hiding unfavorable numbers. Rather it has to do with her need and plan to respect current parents' commitment and sensitivities, given that, for instance, several PTO members are OB from feeder schools. As she stated during the open house tour , she is an educator, not a marketing strategy.

OK, so can we see the feeder school numbers for the last couple of years then? Because the only number available for last year is the IB/OOB numbers from the DCPS profiles page. Principal Pride has been pretty consistently implying that there was a big jump in kids attending Hardy through the feeders rather than the lottery this year, but the numbers provided to back it up are comparing this year's measurement against last year's. Surely the numbers exist from previous years.

Principal Pride is an educator, not a marketing strategist, or a data miner or data provider for those interested in time series econometric analysis of trends affecting the school. Thank God she stays focused on the school management business rather than providing input to amuse curious parents (interested parents go visit the school rather than blogging about it).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
PP, as part of your sooner than later strategy, have you visited the school during one of the recent open houses? I think you have not, otherwise you'd speak differently.

As the PP said, I truly believe this school is not for you. So I'd suggest that you sooner than later start planning moving to Tenleytown or to Montgomery County or to Chinatown (for Basis) . Or re-do your budget to make room for a private school fees. There's lots of excellent private school in the area, with relatively low fees (Holy Trinity is just a couple of blocks south). Truly, you do not belong to this thread.

I'm an in-bound parent and this is the kind of talk that makes me batshit crazy. It has been a hallmark of Hardy for decades: we do things our way, and if you don't like it, move or go private. Hardy is my in-boundary school, my kids have the right to attend, I have the right to try and change it to be the school I want.

Whining on DCUM is not the right way to try changing it.

Please come to the next Hardy PTO meeting if you want to make your voice heard. The PTO is open and welcoming. You can subscribe to the PTO newsletter from the Hardy website, and will receive updates on meetings dates/locations. Every now and then prospective parents show up, and provide out of the box suggestion which are useful and very valued.

Another thing you can do, is to make transactions on Amazon logging in from the Hardy webpage, so that the PTO will get resources from the SCRIP program.

These are two very useful things you can do for yourself and for the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
PP, as part of your sooner than later strategy, have you visited the school during one of the recent open houses? I think you have not, otherwise you'd speak differently.

As the PP said, I truly believe this school is not for you. So I'd suggest that you sooner than later start planning moving to Tenleytown or to Montgomery County or to Chinatown (for Basis) . Or re-do your budget to make room for a private school fees. There's lots of excellent private school in the area, with relatively low fees (Holy Trinity is just a couple of blocks south). Truly, you do not belong to this thread.

I'm an in-bound parent and this is the kind of talk that makes me batshit crazy. It has been a hallmark of Hardy for decades: we do things our way, and if you don't like it, move or go private. Hardy is my in-boundary school, my kids have the right to attend, I have the right to try and change it to be the school I want.

Are those crazy old militant teachers who dislike IB families still around Hardy ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to consider IB vs OOB in that way, of course. My issue is really with what Hardy is -- a small, specialized, non-neighborhood school with required uniforms and not as many sports as Deal. I'm sure I'd think about it differently if my home was not just redistricted from Deal to Hardy, but Hardy does not compare to Deal. I think maybe Hardy should become a more specialized, test-in middle school. It is just so different from Deal, which seems to have the resources to serve a broader population. Forgive me if this seems harsh to those who are working so hard to improve Hardy, but I moved into a neighborhood that fed into Deal and now it feeds into Hardy. All I can see is how Hardy does not measure up.

Sorry, what is that you can see? Have you seen the school? If so, tell us, on which floor is the gym? And in which floor are the music classes?

I am not working hard for Hardy, I have a different highly regarding full time job I work hard for in one of the international financial organizations in downtown DC. So do not feel sorry for me or for my son, who is having a great learning experience at Hardy, after her 5 years as an IB at Horace Mann. And please note that, in addition to our two high incomes, my organization would have paid for 50% of my private school tuition, so our choice for Hardy has been driven exclusively by the confidence that the school would provide, as it's providing, the best available educational and social experience for my (high performing) kid. At 20 mins walk or 3 minute drive from home.

So why aren't there very many other Mann families at Hardy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
PP, as part of your sooner than later strategy, have you visited the school during one of the recent open houses? I think you have not, otherwise you'd speak differently.

As the PP said, I truly believe this school is not for you. So I'd suggest that you sooner than later start planning moving to Tenleytown or to Montgomery County or to Chinatown (for Basis) . Or re-do your budget to make room for a private school fees. There's lots of excellent private school in the area, with relatively low fees (Holy Trinity is just a couple of blocks south). Truly, you do not belong to this thread.

I'm an in-bound parent and this is the kind of talk that makes me batshit crazy. It has been a hallmark of Hardy for decades: we do things our way, and if you don't like it, move or go private. Hardy is my in-boundary school, my kids have the right to attend, I have the right to try and change it to be the school I want.

Are those crazy old militant teachers who dislike IB families still around Hardy ?

Old is not a word which you can associate with Hardy teachers. With the exception of the art teacher (who I think is near retirement) all of the 6th grade teachers are in their 30s. geography I think in his 40s (and definetely not a teacher who dislikes IB parents).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to consider IB vs OOB in that way, of course. My issue is really with what Hardy is -- a small, specialized, non-neighborhood school with required uniforms and not as many sports as Deal. I'm sure I'd think about it differently if my home was not just redistricted from Deal to Hardy, but Hardy does not compare to Deal. I think maybe Hardy should become a more specialized, test-in middle school. It is just so different from Deal, which seems to have the resources to serve a broader population. Forgive me if this seems harsh to those who are working so hard to improve Hardy, but I moved into a neighborhood that fed into Deal and now it feeds into Hardy. All I can see is how Hardy does not measure up.

Sorry, what is that you can see? Have you seen the school? If so, tell us, on which floor is the gym? And in which floor are the music classes?

I am not working hard for Hardy, I have a different highly regarding full time job I work hard for in one of the international financial organizations in downtown DC. So do not feel sorry for me or for my son, who is having a great learning experience at Hardy, after her 5 years as an IB at Horace Mann. And please note that, in addition to our two high incomes, my organization would have paid for 50% of my private school tuition, so our choice for Hardy has been driven exclusively by the confidence that the school would provide, as it's providing, the best available educational and social experience for my (high performing) kid. At 20 mins walk or 3 minute drive from home.

There's 6 Mann families at Hardy this year in 6th grade, i.e. 25% of last year's 5th grade class .

So why aren't there very many other Mann families at Hardy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to consider IB vs OOB in that way, of course. My issue is really with what Hardy is -- a small, specialized, non-neighborhood school with required uniforms and not as many sports as Deal. I'm sure I'd think about it differently if my home was not just redistricted from Deal to Hardy, but Hardy does not compare to Deal. I think maybe Hardy should become a more specialized, test-in middle school. It is just so different from Deal, which seems to have the resources to serve a broader population. Forgive me if this seems harsh to those who are working so hard to improve Hardy, but I moved into a neighborhood that fed into Deal and now it feeds into Hardy. All I can see is how Hardy does not measure up.

Sorry, what is that you can see? Have you seen the school? If so, tell us, on which floor is the gym? And in which floor are the music classes?

I am not working hard for Hardy, I have a different highly regarding full time job I work hard for in one of the international financial organizations in downtown DC. So do not feel sorry for me or for my son, who is having a great learning experience at Hardy, after her 5 years as an IB at Horace Mann. And please note that, in addition to our two high incomes, my organization would have paid for 50% of my private school tuition, so our choice for Hardy has been driven exclusively by the confidence that the school would provide, as it's providing, the best available educational and social experience for my (high performing) kid. At 20 mins walk or 3 minute drive from home.

So why aren't there very many other Mann families at Hardy?

There's 6 Mann families at Hardy this year in 6th grade, i.e. 25% of last year's 5th grade class .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
PP, as part of your sooner than later strategy, have you visited the school during one of the recent open houses? I think you have not, otherwise you'd speak differently.

As the PP said, I truly believe this school is not for you. So I'd suggest that you sooner than later start planning moving to Tenleytown or to Montgomery County or to Chinatown (for Basis) . Or re-do your budget to make room for a private school fees. There's lots of excellent private school in the area, with relatively low fees (Holy Trinity is just a couple of blocks south). Truly, you do not belong to this thread.

I'm an in-bound parent and this is the kind of talk that makes me batshit crazy. It has been a hallmark of Hardy for decades: we do things our way, and if you don't like it, move or go private. Hardy is my in-boundary school, my kids have the right to attend, I have the right to try and change it to be the school I want.

So investigate the place to see if it will work for you. If it does, send your kids and then be part of the change. Or don't send your kids. But there are a number of people on this thread who are whining about IB numbers who haven't done anything else to investigate the school. It seems as if IB numbers are the only indicator they care about when there are a number of others that they should investigate as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Are those crazy old militant teachers who dislike IB families still around Hardy ?

The one who had the "Hope for Pope" sign on her classroom door for two school years is still there, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Are those crazy old militant teachers who dislike IB families still around Hardy ?

The one who had the "Hope for Pope" sign on her classroom door for two school years is still there, yes.

Who is she? Tell us. If she had that sign, it means she must be proud of her feelings for the old relaxed times..So you will not make her harm to disclose her name.