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Anonymous
| You are absolutely correct. I was only referring to DCPS schools. |
Anonymous
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If Key School parents want to send their kids to Hardy, NOTHING is stopping them. Rhee's flimsy excuse of confusion over the application process is transparent and no one buys it. To my knowledge, no in-boundary family has been denied entrance. If Rhee ends up removing the principal to placate a handful of Key families who "might" send their kids there if there are more white students, the fallout would be significant. Hardy has a successful program that current families are very happy with, and this includes in-boundary families. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Boundary-War-8516197-69752497.html
Also, the note from the Key group, "Life After Hardy" have suddenly been removed from the Key website. Wonder why? How is it a small group of parents that might send their kids to Hardy can meet and discuss "Who will be principal?" What's worse is that Rhee has given this small group an audience and has refused to meet with current Hardy parents. |
Anonymous
That's interesting. It's not apparent from the article but I'll take your word. Do you know if any OOB family has been denied entrance for that reason? |
Anonymous
| 12:41 Denied for what reason? I'm not the PP but I don't follow your question. |
Anonymous
| I'm sure many OOB families are not accepted because there isn't enough space. Not sure I follow your question, denied for what reason? |
Anonymous
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http://www.keyschooldc.org/2009/lifeafter.html
Here you go. It might be down from the live site but it's available if you click "cached." |
Anonymous
| Found it, thanks! |
Anonymous
12:41 here. I'm responding to an earlier PP who said that she wasn't aware of any neighborhood children who had been denied by the Hardy application process. Apparently there's some sort of arts-oriented application. I wonder why, with DC's overall dismal performance (granted there are pockets of quality), there should be an arts magnet instead of something more academic. |
Anonymous
| Yes, there is an arts-oriented app, but kids aren't exluded if they don't have an arts background. Even though Hardy has an arts program, it has solid academics. |
Anonymous
because one size fits few |
Anonymous
Agreed! But how is that an argument for arts over a richer academic program? Engineer, lawyer, doctor, or linguist -- they all share a need for an academically challenging background. |
Anonymous
Why have an arts-based application process if it isn't used to sort anyone out? This isn't clear in the article nor in this thread. If there's an application process (which there is) and it is art-based (which it is) then are you saying that it is in fact completely disregarded? It's merely for show? It's something that all the students have to go through but is ultimately meaningless? Or is the entire "arts focus" a process used to funnel resources into a not-serious-enough curriculum for those parents who want more rigorous standards from their children's schools? |
Anonymous
| Hardy's arts program is as good as a private. |
Anonymous
But what about math, science, literature, and languages? |
Anonymous
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I really don't like un-needed interference...it smacks of pandering
there are so many poorly performing middle schools, surely the chancellor should be meeting with parent focus groups from NE and SE? |