New Ward 3 Middle School ???

[Anonymous]

What they need to get rid of are the staff members who don't want IB families. I've been told to my face by Hardy teachers that I'm not welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What they need to get rid of are the staff members who don't want IB families. I've been told to my face by Hardy teachers that I'm not welcome.

maybe it's just you?

sorry, trolling relapse

[Anonymous]

were you not welcome because you're IB or because of something you said or did?

It's hard to imagine any teacher, not to mention multiple teachers, telling any parent "you're not welcome" unless the parent is coming in to their classrooms unannounced and demanding attention.

[Anonymous]

I went on a tour of Hardy last year and a couple of the staff, most prominently the art teacher, were decidedly negative and cold to us. They openly trashed Rhee and the principal, said the school was going down and we should think twice about attending. I was with two other parents and we were kind of struck at the open rebellion and, frankly, the lack of professionalism displayed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What they need to get rid of are the staff members who don't want IB families. I've been told to my face by Hardy teachers that I'm not welcome.

maybe it's just you?

sorry, trolling relapse

That was pretty uncool. You obviously knew that, or you wouldn't have posted it in the first place, instead of choosing to "apologize" with the embarrassed emoticon - and then posting anyway.

Pretty low class.

Hardy is a school which has been through a lot of public turmoil, especially with respect to IB issues and IB families. Before going from Zero-to-Bitch in 10 seconds, maybe it's worth it to ask her to clarify? It's entirely possible she's telling the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:were you not welcome because you're IB or because of something you said or did?

It's hard to imagine any teacher, not to mention multiple teachers, telling any parent "you're not welcome" unless the parent is coming in to their classrooms unannounced and demanding attention.

Yes, it was shocking because it seems so hard to imagine. The comments weren't directed at me, but at in-bound families in general. Neither was in a classroom. Once was at a PTA meeting, the other was at a DCPS event.

[Anonymous]

Chill out, these are not matters of life or death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chill out, these are not matters of life or death. [/quote

They are also (obviously) not matters that affect your child, either.

One can see how that makes it easy for you to be so unconcerned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What they need to get rid of are the staff members who don't want IB families. I've been told to my face by Hardy teachers that I'm not welcome.

maybe it's just you?

sorry, trolling relapse

That was pretty uncool. You obviously knew that, or you wouldn't have posted it in the first place, instead of choosing to "apologize" with the embarrassed emoticon - and then posting anyway.

Pretty low class.

Hardy is a school which has been through a lot of public turmoil, especially with respect to IB issues and IB families. Before going from Zero-to-Bitch in 10 seconds, maybe it's worth it to ask her to clarify? It's entirely possible she's telling the truth.

what's low class about trolling?

[Anonymous]

That you have not a clue that you are low class. Pretty telling

[Anonymous]

Snobs please stop!

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:I believe Ward 5 has no middle school and Ward 3 has the best one. So, obviously, the solution is a new middle school in Ward 3. Has Mary Cheh lost her mind? I guess Palisades parents are not satisfied with the Rhee-ification of Hardy so now they want their own. That's quite a "Plan B" they've got there. Incredible. I imagine that diversity at the new school will be measured by the number of students from each side of MacArthur Blvd.

No, I don't think she has lost her mind. It is called quid pro quo. Think back to a year ago . Who was the biggest supporter of V.G. Time to pay the piper.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry, but wouldn't this be so much simpler if we all just went back to the simple way of fixing things: If you want to go to school in a nice neighborhood, buy a house there. THAT is the price of admisssion. Period. Then once the dust settles, let every Ward fix its own schools; they are then true " community schools"

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, but wouldn't this be so much simpler if we all just went back to the simple way of fixing things: If you want to go to school in a nice neighborhood, buy a house there. THAT is the price of admisssion. Period. Then once the dust settles, let every Ward fix its own schools; they are then true " community schools"

The irony of what you are saying is that vis-a-vis Deal, there are families in Wards 1 and 4 that bought in the right neighborhoods and there are families in Palisades and Spring Valley that didn't. Apparently, families in Palisades and Spring Valley don't like being told that they should have bought homes in better neighborhoods. So, their solution is to get a new school built for them. But, I agree with you that they should either go to their inbounds school, apply out-of-bounds, enter charter lotteries, or go private. Those are the same options most families in the city face.

[Anonymous]

The reality is that Ward 3 will populate a middle school with a majority of proficient students. Other wards are a few years away from doing that. Bringing another highly functioning school is good for DCPS. I live in Ward Six.