So, what is wrong with Hardy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Stoddert and they are both afraid to go to Hardy bc of what they see when they are in the building to attend Fillmore. Kids are aggressive in the hallways and my kids have witnessed fights. The teachers don't seem in control of the students at all.

This is a lie. Aggressive behavior does not belong to Hardy 2015, and of course teachers are in full control. Double check with your kids, maybe they are just intimidated by the larger size and louder voices of middle school kids.

IB 6th and 7th grade Hardy parent.

[Anonymous]

I highly doubt DCPS is going to end the Fillmore program for elementary kids. As PP pointed out, the elementary schools have no classrooms, materials, or teachers for arts and music in-house. DCPS is not going to spend millions of dollars renovating, adding buildings, and funding those schools when its priority is now EOTP. DCPS gets by on the cheap with Fillmore; last year it screwed the kids by cutting Fillmore funds and firing teachers, so Fillmore is run on a shoestring budget right now. There i no other alternative, so it Fillmore will remain the same, unless it is deservedly re-funded.

So, another PP's point that DCPS plans to expand Hardy's middle school population is flimsy speculation. Hardy's enrollment will more than very likely remain the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt DCPS is going to end the Fillmore program for elementary kids. As PP pointed out, the elementary schools have no classrooms, materials, or teachers for arts and music in-house. DCPS is not going to spend millions of dollars renovating, adding buildings, and funding those schools when its priority is now EOTP. DCPS gets by on the cheap with Fillmore; last year it screwed the kids by cutting Fillmore funds and firing teachers, so Fillmore is run on a shoestring budget right now. There i no other alternative, so it Fillmore will remain the same, unless it is deservedly re-funded.

So, another PP's point that DCPS plans to expand Hardy's middle school population is flimsy speculation. Hardy's enrollment will more than very likely remain the same.

DCPS should eliminate non-educational positions like diversity coordinators, "esteem" specialists and other non-essential administrative overhead and put the funds into programs and teaching positions that directly benefit our students through art, music and more laboratory science courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, are we shifting from "if they'd only get rid of uniforms" to "if they'd only get rid of Fillmore"? Or maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. Sorry.

I'd like to see them get rid of that huge cell phone tower on the roof. Hardy is the only school WOTP with such a tower. Parents at other schools WOTP wouldn't stand for it, with all of the questions about the effects close-proximity powerful transmitters on developing brains. So what happened at Hardy? Either a DCPS staffer was 'motivated' to do a tower company a special favor by making available a public facility or the school parents were checked out, or both.

Of all the absurd Hardy bashing, this one stands out as one of my favorites. Perhaps parents can lobby to provide each of the IB children who attend Hardy a tinfoil hat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Stoddert and they are both afraid to go to Hardy bc of what they see when they are in the building to attend Fillmore. Kids are aggressive in the hallways and my kids have witnessed fights. The teachers don't seem in control of the students at all.

This is a lie. Aggressive behavior does not belong to Hardy 2015, and of course teachers are in full control. Double check with your kids, maybe they are just intimidated by the larger size and louder voices of middle school kids.

IB 6th and 7th grade Hardy parent.

"This is a lie", "double check with your kids..."... Your response seems aggresive to me!
With your attitude you are damaging the school image, thats for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Stoddert and they are both afraid to go to Hardy bc of what they see when they are in the building to attend Fillmore. Kids are aggressive in the hallways and my kids have witnessed fights. The teachers don't seem in control of the students at all.

This is a lie. Aggressive behavior does not belong to Hardy 2015, and of course teachers are in full control. Double check with your kids, maybe they are just intimidated by the larger size and louder voices of middle school kids.

IB 6th and 7th grade Hardy parent.

Indeed. It cannot be true, since the kids at Fillmore are physically separated from the Hardy kids by a pair of closed doors. Fillmore is on the third floor of Hardy, which is split between the 6th grade (I think) and Fillmore. The kids are never in the hall together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Stoddert and they are both afraid to go to Hardy bc of what they see when they are in the building to attend Fillmore. Kids are aggressive in the hallways and my kids have witnessed fights. The teachers don't seem in control of the students at all.

This is a lie. Aggressive behavior does not belong to Hardy 2015, and of course teachers are in full control. Double check with your kids, maybe they are just intimidated by the larger size and louder voices of middle school kids.

IB 6th and 7th grade Hardy parent.

"This is a lie", "double check with your kids..."... Your response seems aggresive to me!
With your attitude you are damaging the school image, thats for sure.

You and your progeny appear to be engaged in slanderous statements. As current procreators of scholars matriculated at Rose Hardy Middle School, we are quite firm in our position that your statements are unfounded.

Is that better for you PP? Oh wait, nothing will be good enough. Hardy parents are damned if they say nothing and damned if they challenge statements made by people who have no or highly limited experiences with the school. Whatever. Bash away. Remember, you've got that 100-page goal for this thread.

[Anonymous]

To recap:

Uniforms
Cell tower
Fillmore
IB-hating seventh grade teacher

These Hardy threads would be funny if the Hardy bashers weren't so dead serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To recap:

Uniforms
Cell tower
Fillmore
IB-hating seventh grade teacher

These Hardy threads would be funny if the Hardy bashers weren't so dead serious.

It's like listening to Rain Main.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, are we shifting from "if they'd only get rid of uniforms" to "if they'd only get rid of Fillmore"? Or maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. Sorry.

I'd like to see them get rid of that huge cell phone tower on the roof. Hardy is the only school WOTP with such a tower. Parents at other schools WOTP wouldn't stand for it, with all of the questions about the effects close-proximity powerful transmitters on developing brains. So what happened at Hardy? Either a DCPS staffer was 'motivated' to do a tower company a special favor by making available a public facility or the school parents were checked out, or both.

Of all the absurd Hardy bashing, this one stands out as one of my favorites. Perhaps parents can lobby to provide each of the IB children who attend Hardy a tinfoil hat.

You don't see big towers on top of the JKLM schools or Deal. Guess it's just the school with virtually no IB connection that gets stuck with the antenna.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Stoddert and they are both afraid to go to Hardy bc of what they see when they are in the building to attend Fillmore. Kids are aggressive in the hallways and my kids have witnessed fights. The teachers don't seem in control of the students at all.

This is a lie. Aggressive behavior does not belong to Hardy 2015, and of course teachers are in full control. Double check with your kids, maybe they are just intimidated by the larger size and louder voices of middle school kids.

IB 6th and 7th grade Hardy parent.

Indeed. It cannot be true, since the kids at Fillmore are physically separated from the Hardy kids by a pair of closed doors. Fillmore is on the third floor of Hardy, which is split between the 6th grade (I think) and Fillmore. The kids are never in the hall together.

And that's a good thing. Otherwise, that militant, angry Michelle Rhee-hating English teacher might yell at the W3 elementary kids for being out of uniform!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, are we shifting from "if they'd only get rid of uniforms" to "if they'd only get rid of Fillmore"? Or maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. Sorry.

I'd like to see them get rid of that huge cell phone tower on the roof. Hardy is the only school WOTP with such a tower. Parents at other schools WOTP wouldn't stand for it, with all of the questions about the effects close-proximity powerful transmitters on developing brains. So what happened at Hardy? Either a DCPS staffer was 'motivated' to do a tower company a special favor by making available a public facility or the school parents were checked out, or both.

Of all the absurd Hardy bashing, this one stands out as one of my favorites. Perhaps parents can lobby to provide each of the IB children who attend Hardy a tinfoil hat.

You don't see big towers on top of the JKLM schools or Deal. Guess it's just the school with virtually no IB connection that gets stuck with the antenna.

Three minutes to Wapner!
Wednesday is fish sticks. Green lime jello for dessert.
There's 4 left in the box.

[Anonymous]

The Hardy basher(s?) actually perceives herself as a Hardy protector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, are we shifting from "if they'd only get rid of uniforms" to "if they'd only get rid of Fillmore"? Or maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. Sorry.

I'd like to see them get rid of that huge cell phone tower on the roof. Hardy is the only school WOTP with such a tower. Parents at other schools WOTP wouldn't stand for it, with all of the questions about the effects close-proximity powerful transmitters on developing brains. So what happened at Hardy? Either a DCPS staffer was 'motivated' to do a tower company a special favor by making available a public facility or the school parents were checked out, or both.

Of all the absurd Hardy bashing, this one stands out as one of my favorites. Perhaps parents can lobby to provide each of the IB children who attend Hardy a tinfoil hat.

You don't see big towers on top of the JKLM schools or Deal. Guess it's just the school with virtually no IB connection that gets stuck with the antenna.

Yeah, that's it! It's the IB families' fault for there being a cell tower on top of the school. Nice way to step up, IB families! (~sarcasm)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Hardy basher(s?) actually perceives herself as a Hardy protector.

Who are you talking about?