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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure Pride is disappointed along with a lot of IB parents who had high hopes.

What is disappointing? The % IB increased from 11% to 15% in one year. Considering that that was all in the 6th grade. that is a 12% increase in the 6th grade - or about 16 new IB kids. That's a pretty good number, especially considering that last year was the first year that Pride was there to actively recruit parents, and had already lost a lot of kids who never even made it to 5th grade because they bailed for charters. If she continues making this kind of progress, I would expect Hardy to hit its tipping point within 2 years.

So how many IB kids, total, are in 6th grade this year? The school-wide increase is due solely to the increase in 6th grade enrollees; but DCPS does not provide the per-grade numbers (not surprised. morons.). It would be nice to know the rate of increase in the slope.

10:27 gave you the information you need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As expected, IB percentage is going up, albeit slowly. It will go up again next year, and a bit again as the first of my kids joins in 2 years. We are 100 percent onboard with Hardy, as is a large chunk of our cohort at Stoddert.

If Stoddert is, as you say, "on board," why do parents at Mann and Key consider Hardy toxic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure Pride is disappointed along with a lot of IB parents who had high hopes.

What is disappointing? The % IB increased from 11% to 15% in one year. Considering that that was all in the 6th grade. that is a 12% increase in the 6th grade - or about 16 new IB kids. That's a pretty good number, especially considering that last year was the first year that Pride was there to actively recruit parents, and had already lost a lot of kids who never even made it to 5th grade because they bailed for charters. If she continues making this kind of progress, I would expect Hardy to hit its tipping point within 2 years.

So how many IB kids, total, are in 6th grade this year? The school-wide increase is due solely to the increase in 6th grade enrollees; but DCPS does not provide the per-grade numbers (not surprised. morons.). It would be nice to know the rate of increase in the slope.

You have no need to know that information. Official DCPS policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure Pride is disappointed along with a lot of IB parents who had high hopes.

What is disappointing? The % IB increased from 11% to 15% in one year. Considering that that was all in the 6th grade. that is a 12% increase in the 6th grade - or about 16 new IB kids. That's a pretty good number, especially considering that last year was the first year that Pride was there to actively recruit parents, and had already lost a lot of kids who never even made it to 5th grade because they bailed for charters. If she continues making this kind of progress, I would expect Hardy to hit its tipping point within 2 years.

So how many IB kids, total, are in 6th grade this year? The school-wide increase is due solely to the increase in 6th grade enrollees; but DCPS does not provide the per-grade numbers (not surprised. morons.). It would be nice to know the rate of increase in the slope.

10:27 gave you the information you need.

Given that so much misinformation has been presented as fact in this thread I'd be very careful believing anyone's unsourced assertions.

Nothing has been publicly released about the grade composition of Hardy. IB last year was 13%, this year it's 15%. With a reported enrollment of 386 that means a move from 50 to 58, give or take rounding. That's not nothing, it's a 16% increase, but on the other hand it's eight kids. How those kids are distributed is crucial, but we don't know. If last year there were three grades, each with 16-17 IB kids, and this year the sixth grade has 25 and 7th and 8th still have 16, that's a big change. If this year each grade has 18-19 instead of 16-17 that's less of an indicator.

But we don't know.

[Anonymous]

We'll send Inspector Clouseau on the march to figure it out. He's the only one DCPS would allow the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure Pride is disappointed along with a lot of IB parents who had high hopes.

What is disappointing? The % IB increased from 11% to 15% in one year. Considering that that was all in the 6th grade. that is a 12% increase in the 6th grade - or about 16 new IB kids. That's a pretty good number, especially considering that last year was the first year that Pride was there to actively recruit parents, and had already lost a lot of kids who never even made it to 5th grade because they bailed for charters. If she continues making this kind of progress, I would expect Hardy to hit its tipping point within 2 years.

So how many IB kids, total, are in 6th grade this year? The school-wide increase is due solely to the increase in 6th grade enrollees; but DCPS does not provide the per-grade numbers (not surprised. morons.). It would be nice to know the rate of increase in the slope.

10:27 gave you the information you need.

Given that so much misinformation has been presented as fact in this thread I'd be very careful believing anyone's unsourced assertions.

Nothing has been publicly released about the grade composition of Hardy. IB last year was 13%, this year it's 15%. With a reported enrollment of 386 that means a move from 50 to 58, give or take rounding. That's not nothing, it's a 16% increase, but on the other hand it's eight kids. How those kids are distributed is crucial, but we don't know. If last year there were three grades, each with 16-17 IB kids, and this year the sixth grade has 25 and 7th and 8th still have 16, that's a big change. If this year each grade has 18-19 instead of 16-17 that's less of an indicator.

But we don't know.

Those of us at Hardy know - there were zero new IB kids in 7th and 8th grades. All of the increase was in the 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We'll send Inspector Clouseau on the march to figure it out. He's the only one DCPS would allow the job.

No, the bureaucracy would be too suspicious of Clouseau, but they might go for Shaft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We'll send Inspector Clouseau on the march to figure it out. He's the only one DCPS would allow the job.

No, the bureaucracy would be too suspicious of Clouseau, but they might go for Shaft.

HA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure Pride is disappointed along with a lot of IB parents who had high hopes.

What is disappointing? The % IB increased from 11% to 15% in one year. Considering that that was all in the 6th grade. that is a 12% increase in the 6th grade - or about 16 new IB kids. That's a pretty good number, especially considering that last year was the first year that Pride was there to actively recruit parents, and had already lost a lot of kids who never even made it to 5th grade because they bailed for charters. If she continues making this kind of progress, I would expect Hardy to hit its tipping point within 2 years.

From 13, not from 11.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure Pride is disappointed along with a lot of IB parents who had high hopes.

What is disappointing? The % IB increased from 11% to 15% in one year. Considering that that was all in the 6th grade. that is a 12% increase in the 6th grade - or about 16 new IB kids. That's a pretty good number, especially considering that last year was the first year that Pride was there to actively recruit parents, and had already lost a lot of kids who never even made it to 5th grade because they bailed for charters. If she continues making this kind of progress, I would expect Hardy to hit its tipping point within 2 years.

So how many IB kids, total, are in 6th grade this year? The school-wide increase is due solely to the increase in 6th grade enrollees; but DCPS does not provide the per-grade numbers (not surprised. morons.). It would be nice to know the rate of increase in the slope.

10:27 gave you the information you need.

Given that so much misinformation has been presented as fact in this thread I'd be very careful believing anyone's unsourced assertions.

Nothing has been publicly released about the grade composition of Hardy. IB last year was 13%, this year it's 15%. With a reported enrollment of 386 that means a move from 50 to 58, give or take rounding. That's not nothing, it's a 16% increase, but on the other hand it's eight kids. How those kids are distributed is crucial, but we don't know. If last year there were three grades, each with 16-17 IB kids, and this year the sixth grade has 25 and 7th and 8th still have 16, that's a big change. If this year each grade has 18-19 instead of 16-17 that's less of an indicator.

But we don't know.

Those of us at Hardy know - there were zero new IB kids in 7th and 8th grades. All of the increase was in the 6th grade.

I know of at least two IB, not 6th graders who left BASIS for Hardy. There is one more but I think they may have moved OOB for Hardy but are now at Hardy too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As expected, IB percentage is going up, albeit slowly. It will go up again next year, and a bit again as the first of my kids joins in 2 years. We are 100 percent onboard with Hardy, as is a large chunk of our cohort at Stoddert.

If Stoddert is, as you say, "on board," why do parents at Mann and Key consider Hardy toxic?

You're really going to call a well performing toxic?!??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As expected, IB percentage is going up, albeit slowly. It will go up again next year, and a bit again as the first of my kids joins in 2 years. We are 100 percent onboard with Hardy, as is a large chunk of our cohort at Stoddert.

If Stoddert is, as you say, "on board," why do parents at Mann and Key consider Hardy toxic?

I am a parent of a current 5th grader at Stoddert, and completely disagree with the comment from above about "a large chunk" of the cohort being on board with Stoddert. Our DC will be attending private school next year, along with many others, to avoid Hardy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As expected, IB percentage is going up, albeit slowly. It will go up again next year, and a bit again as the first of my kids joins in 2 years. We are 100 percent onboard with Hardy, as is a large chunk of our cohort at Stoddert.

If Stoddert is, as you say, "on board," why do parents at Mann and Key consider Hardy toxic?

I am a parent of a current 5th grader at Stoddert, and completely disagree with the comment from above about "a large chunk" of the cohort being on board with Stoddert. Our DC will be attending private school next year, along with many others, to avoid Hardy.

Third grade parents feel differently, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As expected, IB percentage is going up, albeit slowly. It will go up again next year, and a bit again as the first of my kids joins in 2 years. We are 100 percent onboard with Hardy, as is a large chunk of our cohort at Stoddert.

If Stoddert is, as you say, "on board," why do parents at Mann and Key consider Hardy toxic?

I am a parent of a current 5th grader at Stoddert, and completely disagree with the comment from above about "a large chunk" of the cohort being on board with Stoddert. Our DC will be attending private school next year, along with many others, to avoid Hardy.

Troll. There are no current 5th graders at hardy going private in 6th. Shows how little you know about how things work around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As expected, IB percentage is going up, albeit slowly. It will go up again next year, and a bit again as the first of my kids joins in 2 years. We are 100 percent onboard with Hardy, as is a large chunk of our cohort at Stoddert.

If Stoddert is, as you say, "on board," why do parents at Mann and Key consider Hardy toxic?

I am a parent of a current 5th grader at Stoddert, and completely disagree with the comment from above about "a large chunk" of the cohort being on board with Stoddert. Our DC will be attending private school next year, along with many others, to avoid Hardy.

Troll. There are no current 5th graders at hardy going private in 6th. Shows how little you know about how things work around here.

Please read more carefully -- the current fifth graders being discussed are at Stoddert, not Hardy