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

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine to have more in-bounds students at Hardy, who will be welcomed into the community. But DCPS should not lose sight of Hardy's traditional mission as the good alternative for those who would otherwise attend a low performing middle school. DCPS should keep the number of out of boundary slots for Hardy at least at the present level., not reduce them. There is room for Hardy to grow as in boundary families discover this hidden jewel.

Nah. They should just open up more OOB slots to Janney.

Oh, so THAT's what Hardy's motto is. Quite a mouthful.

Hardy should serve the neighborhood, because DCPS is neighborhood-based system. If families want to play the charter lottery they are welcome to.

But in a democracy, no one should be excluded from the best public services. Therefore, OOB students should not be prevented from going to the best public schools. Let the wealthy pay for private school if they don't like it!

Not sure I really understand this. DC has plenty of school choice with many charters at the middle school level. Hardy should not be increased in size to serve out of boundary students, that makes no sense. where will they all go to high school? you cannot continue funneling more and more students into Wilson. DCPS needs long-term planning, not patchwork. Building new great schools throughout the city is better than students commuting across town.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's fine to have more in-bounds students at Hardy, who will be welcomed into the community. But DCPS should not lose sight of Hardy's traditional mission as the good alternative for those who would otherwise attend a low performing middle school. DCPS should keep the number of out of boundary slots for Hardy at least at the present level., not reduce them. There is room for Hardy to grow as in boundary families discover this hidden jewel.

Nah. They should just open up more OOB slots to Janney.

Oh, so THAT's what Hardy's motto is. Quite a mouthful.

Hardy should serve the neighborhood, because DCPS is neighborhood-based system. If families want to play the charter lottery they are welcome to.

But in a democracy, no one should be excluded from the best public services. Therefore, OOB students should not be prevented from going to the best public schools. Let the wealthy pay for private school if they don't like it!

Not sure I really understand this. DC has plenty of school choice with many charters at the middle school level. Hardy should not be increased in size to serve out of boundary students, that makes no sense. where will they all go to high school? you cannot continue funneling more and more students into Wilson. DCPS needs long-term planning, not patchwork. Building new great schools throughout the city is better than students commuting across town.

I guess the correct rebuttal is that DCPS is not a democracy? 100% school choice doesn't work; neither does forced bussing.

[Anonymous]

There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

Meh. Let's see if this actually turns out to be a problem. The changes are pretty incremental year to year, and students are only there for three years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

What do you mean, "traditional" community? Isn't the community the one that happens to be there during any given year? And doesn't the complexity of the community -- any community, anywhere -- change over time? No one community has any kind of title or deed to a public space, do they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

What do you mean, "traditional" community? Isn't the community the one that happens to be there during any given year? And doesn't the complexity of the community -- any community, anywhere -- change over time? No one community has any kind of title or deed to a public space, do they?

Welcome to DC, sweetie, where you ain't a real Washingtonian unless your momma and dadda were born here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

What do you mean, "traditional" community? Isn't the community the one that happens to be there during any given year? And doesn't the complexity of the community -- any community, anywhere -- change over time? No one community has any kind of title or deed to a public space, do they?

Welcome to DC, sweetie, where you ain't a real Washingtonian unless your momma and dadda were born here.

If they were, does that mean I can get free goodies? That seems to be the implication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

What do you mean, "traditional" community? Isn't the community the one that happens to be there during any given year? And doesn't the complexity of the community -- any community, anywhere -- change over time? No one community has any kind of title or deed to a public space, do they?

Welcome to DC, sweetie, where you ain't a real Washingtonian unless your momma and dadda were born here.

Courtland Milloy wrote about what is going on in DC. Millennials new to here don't care about longstanding ways of doing things or why they are done that way. They just want to gobble up the last tasty "bites of Chocolate City."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

What do you mean, "traditional" community? Isn't the community the one that happens to be there during any given year? And doesn't the complexity of the community -- any community, anywhere -- change over time? No one community has any kind of title or deed to a public space, do they?

Welcome to DC, sweetie, where you ain't a real Washingtonian unless your momma and dadda were born here.

Courtland Milloy wrote about what is going on in DC. Millennials new to here don't care about longstanding ways of doing things or why they are done that way. They just want to gobble up the last tasty "bites of Chocolate City."

If, by longstanding ways of doing things, you mean "horrible schools," then most would think it's OK to try to change the status quo.

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Anonymous wrote:All the girls (except two) from Stoddert 5th grade class will go to Hardy in August. Starting from next year Stoddert will most likely have two 5th grade classes and numbers will go further up.

Stoddert Mom.

I mean, some Stoddert boys will go to Hardy too too, but I only checked the numbers for girls because this is what my daughter was interested in.

Yes, but some of the kids going to Hardy from Stoddert are only going because they were wailisted at private schools. It's not like Hardy was the first choice all along...it's the unfortunate fallback.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the girls (except two) from Stoddert 5th grade class will go to Hardy in August. Starting from next year Stoddert will most likely have two 5th grade classes and numbers will go further up.

Stoddert Mom.

I mean, some Stoddert boys will go to Hardy too too, but I only checked the numbers for girls because this is what my daughter was interested in.

Yes, but some of the kids going to Hardy from Stoddert are only going because they were wailisted at private schools. It's not like Hardy was the first choice all along...it's the unfortunate fallback.

"Snort!," ridiculous!

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This was intended for the previous post mentioning the longstanding DC tradition of terrible schools and uneducated kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's fine to have more in-bounds students at Hardy, who will be welcomed into the community. But DCPS should not lose sight of Hardy's traditional mission as the good alternative for those who would otherwise attend a low performing middle school. DCPS should keep the number of out of boundary slots for Hardy at least at the present level., not reduce them. There is room for Hardy to grow as in boundary families discover this hidden jewel.

Nah. They should just open up more OOB slots to Janney.

Oh, so THAT's what Hardy's motto is. Quite a mouthful.

Hardy should serve the neighborhood, because DCPS is neighborhood-based system. If families want to play the charter lottery they are welcome to.

But in a democracy, no one should be excluded from the best public services. Therefore, OOB students should not be prevented from going to the best public schools. Let the wealthy pay for private school if they don't like it!

The public services are no better at Hardy than at other schools. Per-pupil funding makes sure of that. What makes the school better is the relative wealth of the students. Or are you new to this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's fine to have more in-bounds students at Hardy, who will be welcomed into the community. But DCPS should not lose sight of Hardy's traditional mission as the good alternative for those who would otherwise attend a low performing middle school. DCPS should keep the number of out of boundary slots for Hardy at least at the present level., not reduce them. There is room for Hardy to grow as in boundary families discover this hidden jewel.

Nah. They should just open up more OOB slots to Janney.

Oh, so THAT's what Hardy's motto is. Quite a mouthful.

Hardy should serve the neighborhood, because DCPS is neighborhood-based system. If families want to play the charter lottery they are welcome to.

How would this work in a city where there is one acceptable middle school and one acceptable high school. Does every child get to attend? Because you do realize that if you drive out enough of the kids of highly educated parents then those schools will also deteriorate and then there will be no decent schools.