Hardy MS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like lots of the Hardy perceptions are out of date here. Most of the 6th and 7th are feeders, with lots of IB students. Not sure why people think that Hardy hasn’t flipped. Maybe since it takes 3 years for the statistics to propagate through?

Personally I hate the term flipped. But you all are talking past each other.

Do you think a school is "flipped" when it predominantly students from its feeder schools? By this measure, it's happened at Hardy.

Or is a school flipped when it has predominantly students who live in the boundary? By this measure, it hasn't.

[Anonymous]

I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

[Anonymous]

If you're fine sending your kids to Eaton or Stoddert - including having a % of OOB students and some diversity, you'll be ok sending your kids to Hardy. If you want a "public school that's just like a private" as people often say about Mann or Key and then go to private - than you are likely never going to be ok with sending your kid to Hardy (or Deal ... or Wilson). That's fine, but there's no need to also then 'trash' on Hardy. It's at the point of hitting all standards for a high performing public school. Just be a private school family & be fine with that...

-- a public school grad with two Ivy league degrees & HHI & fine sending my kids to public school too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're fine sending your kids to Eaton or Stoddert - including having a % of OOB students and some diversity, you'll be ok sending your kids to Hardy. If you want a "public school that's just like a private" as people often say about Mann or Key and then go to private - than you are likely never going to be ok with sending your kid to Hardy (or Deal ... or Wilson). That's fine, but there's no need to also then 'trash' on Hardy. It's at the point of hitting all standards for a high performing public school. Just be a private school family & be fine with that...

-- a public school grad with two Ivy league degrees & HHI & fine sending my kids to public school too

I think this reflects many of the parents of new IB Hardy students (mostly Eaton/Stoddert). Lots of incomes 200-400k, multiple Ivy degrees, don't really see the need to have a nanny ferry the kids to an "elite" private, and in general chose to live in DC instead of Virginia or Maryland. Who do you think are buying those 1M+ Glover Park townhomes? Its not like they couldn't have bought a place in the 'burbs. A bit of diversity never hurt anyone, but nobody wants their kid to be too 'different'. Hardy seems to be winning over these folks. While they can spring 40K for tuition or move to Bethesda, why?

But some of the families that send kids to Key or Mann? Yeah, most Stoddert families would prefer they keep their kids out of Hardy - not because the kids are problematic, but that their parents are (see the racist incident at Key).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like lots of the Hardy perceptions are out of date here. Most of the 6th and 7th are feeders, with lots of IB students. Not sure why people think that Hardy hasn’t flipped. Maybe since it takes 3 years for the statistics to propagate through?

Or maybe the people differ on what they consider flipped. It certainly doesn’t look like a school on the edge of Georgetown. I think people are trying to will people’s perceptions of DC schools because they spent so much to move where they did private isn’t really an option. For those of us that aren’t house poor, our judgement is less clouded and it isn’t really a viable option.

PP, what do you mean by this statement? What would such a school look like? And are you more concerned with it looking like such a school, or the kids achieving as if they are attending such a school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

There is literally no public MS school in the city - and probably the surrounding suburbs - that meets that description. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

There is literally no public MS school in the city - and probably the surrounding suburbs - that meets that description. Good luck.

Whitman is close but I agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're fine sending your kids to Eaton or Stoddert - including having a % of OOB students and some diversity, you'll be ok sending your kids to Hardy. If you want a "public school that's just like a private" as people often say about Mann or Key and then go to private - than you are likely never going to be ok with sending your kid to Hardy (or Deal ... or Wilson). That's fine, but there's no need to also then 'trash' on Hardy. It's at the point of hitting all standards for a high performing public school. Just be a private school family & be fine with that...

-- a public school grad with two Ivy league degrees & HHI & fine sending my kids to public school too

I think this reflects many of the parents of new IB Hardy students (mostly Eaton/Stoddert). Lots of incomes 200-400k, multiple Ivy degrees, don't really see the need to have a nanny ferry the kids to an "elite" private, and in general chose to live in DC instead of Virginia or Maryland. Who do you think are buying those 1M+ Glover Park townhomes? Its not like they couldn't have bought a place in the 'burbs. A bit of diversity never hurt anyone, but nobody wants their kid to be too 'different'. Hardy seems to be winning over these folks. While they can spring 40K for tuition or move to Bethesda, why?

But some of the families that send kids to Key or Mann? Yeah, most Stoddert families would prefer they keep their kids out of Hardy - not because the kids are problematic, but that their parents are (see the racist incident at Key).

I love the “hey there are some educated white people here”. They use it to try attract more because deep down they know that there is a lot of other types there and they wish it was more like them.

I am not sure how woke one is when they bask in how urban there life is when they spend every breath trying to make it more homogeneous like the mcleans and Bethesdas of the world. What exactly are you trying to flip at hardy? Hypocrites

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

There is literally no public MS school in the city - and probably the surrounding suburbs - that meets that description. Good luck.

Whitman is close but I agree

Why do people care so much about school uniforms? Or is it just one person who continually posts? (If the latter, no explanation needed, there are all sorts of people who get riled up about weird things. In grad school, there was a guy who stood outside, rain or shine, around protesting circumcision. Sure the issue may matter, but why scream about it everyday.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

There is literally no public MS school in the city - and probably the surrounding suburbs - that meets that description. Good luck.

Whitman is close but I agree

Why do people care so much about school uniforms? Or is it just one person who continually posts? (If the latter, no explanation needed, there are all sorts of people who get riled up about weird things. In grad school, there was a guy who stood outside, rain or shine, around protesting circumcision. Sure the issue may matter, but why scream about it everyday.)

It is one person. One tedious person who will, hopefully - for their own sake - be able to move on one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

Take a swig, everyone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It is one person. One tedious person who will, hopefully - for their own sake - be able to move on one day.

Lol - they'll never drop it. Bit like those Obama birthers, flat earthers, or moon landing fakers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I considered flipped to be a high achieving & high test score school filled with families who prioritize participation in education so the school doesn’t have to focus on teaching manners and discipline. A place where individuals aren’t suppressed with uniforms in a misguided effort to mask economic disparities all while offering travel and enrichment opportunities based off its network of families and higher education tie-ins.

Hardy barely even rank as flipping let alone flipped to these eyes.

There is literally no public MS school in the city - and probably the surrounding suburbs - that meets that description. Good luck.

Whitman is close but I agree

Whitman is a HS. We are talking about MS.

[Anonymous]

Either option is great - but being IB at hardy will mean a much shorter commute! Also Hardy's leadership is fantastic - Cooke is super active.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're fine sending your kids to Eaton or Stoddert - including having a % of OOB students and some diversity, you'll be ok sending your kids to Hardy. If you want a "public school that's just like a private" as people often say about Mann or Key and then go to private - than you are likely never going to be ok with sending your kid to Hardy (or Deal ... or Wilson). That's fine, but there's no need to also then 'trash' on Hardy. It's at the point of hitting all standards for a high performing public school. Just be a private school family & be fine with that...

-- a public school grad with two Ivy league degrees & HHI & fine sending my kids to public school too

I think this reflects many of the parents of new IB Hardy students (mostly Eaton/Stoddert). Lots of incomes 200-400k, multiple Ivy degrees, don't really see the need to have a nanny ferry the kids to an "elite" private, and in general chose to live in DC instead of Virginia or Maryland. Who do you think are buying those 1M+ Glover Park townhomes? Its not like they couldn't have bought a place in the 'burbs. A bit of diversity never hurt anyone, but nobody wants their kid to be too 'different'. Hardy seems to be winning over these folks. While they can spring 40K for tuition or move to Bethesda, why?

But some of the families that send kids to Key or Mann? Yeah, most Stoddert families would prefer they keep their kids out of Hardy - not because the kids are problematic, but that their parents are (see the racist incident at Key).

I love the “hey there are some educated white people here”. They use it to try attract more because deep down they know that there is a lot of other types there and they wish it was more like them.

I am not sure how woke one is when they bask in how urban there life is when they spend every breath trying to make it more homogeneous like the mcleans and Bethesdas of the world. What exactly are you trying to flip at hardy? Hypocrites

Just asking that families not be so close minded as to trash Hardy when you really know nothing about it. It at this point is a legit diverse yet good school - not sure why so many which many people assume that cannot go together. I grew up in the burbs - lived the difference - and am happy to have my kids at Hardy.

Don’t worry the Key parents that were on the wrong side of the incident and the aftermaths will all go to privates...