Are in boundary families leaving Hardy because if MacArthur?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

NP. I was planning on sending my child to Hardy because I figured that I could supplement what the school was lacking in extracurriculars for less than the $50k it would cost for private school. However, what you’ve said is alarming. I refuse to send my child to a school where bathrooms are locked so kids don’t get assaulted (or sexually assaulted!). Is this really happening??? I thought I would have heard about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

People have always gone private (and to Walls) from Hardy. Continuing that pattern isn’t “leaving because of MacArthur.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

NP. I was planning on sending my child to Hardy because I figured that I could supplement what the school was lacking in extracurriculars for less than the $50k it would cost for private school. However, what you’ve said is alarming. I refuse to send my child to a school where bathrooms are locked so kids don’t get assaulted (or sexually assaulted!). Is this really happening??? I thought I would have heard about it.

The bathrooms have been locked for graffiti, maybe vandalism. I've not heard anything about assaults.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

People have always gone private (and to Walls) from Hardy. Continuing that pattern isn’t “leaving because of MacArthur.”

Not sure how it helps you to deny the reality that, under Bowser and the last couple of chancellors, the NW attitude towards DCPS has shifted from optimism has shifted to pessimism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

dp: People several years out are more excited about Macarthur than people with students already in middle school. Understandably. Most of the people expressing "excitement" have ES kids or are not actually in-boundary for Macarthur.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

dp: People several years out are more excited about Macarthur than people with students already in middle school. Understandably. Most of the people expressing "excitement" have ES kids or are not actually in-boundary for Macarthur.

This 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Not sure how it helps you to deny the reality that, under Bowser and the last couple of chancellors, the NW attitude towards DCPS has shifted from optimism has shifted to pessimism.

This is the major point that's affecting all the school debates in NW. There's a feeling the schools aren't improving, and if anything are getting worse. Maybe they're already at an acceptable level and people had unrealistic expectations, but that's just how it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

dp: People several years out are more excited about Macarthur than people with students already in middle school. Understandably. Most of the people expressing "excitement" have ES kids or are not actually in-boundary for Macarthur.

This 100%.

Totally. Macarthur will be majority OOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible.

Sure, but why do you think JR will be any better?

PP said nothing about JR. They said they are “submitting applications far and wide,” which makes clear that that they are considering many options. Can we not make this thread about JR?

PP calls themself a “lone dissenter.” What are they dissenting from? Was there a large group of people saying MacArthur would be competitive with Maret? No. The only consensus from which PP could possibly be dissenting is the consensus that MacArthur will be competitive with JR, for some students currently in 7th and 8th grade at Hardy, Deal, and Adams.

Come on. “Lone dissenter” from the large majority of posters saying they aren’t hearing about people leaving the feeder pattern because of/are excited about MacArthur. This poster is planning to leave and is submitting applications.

dp: People several years out are more excited about Macarthur than people with students already in middle school. Understandably. Most of the people expressing "excitement" have ES kids or are not actually in-boundary for Macarthur.

This 100%.

Totally. Macarthur will be majority OOB.

Unlikely. In my circle, folks are interested in taking the opportunity to get away from the chaos in Tenleytown. We are excited for the new high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not sure how it helps you to deny the reality that, under Bowser and the last couple of chancellors, the NW attitude towards DCPS has shifted from optimism has shifted to pessimism.

This is the major point that's affecting all the school debates in NW. There's a feeling the schools aren't improving, and if anything are getting worse. Maybe they're already at an acceptable level and people had unrealistic expectations, but that's just how it is.

People like PP is why DCPS will never get better.

Unrealistic expectations to have challenging classes for kids who can handle it?
Unrealistic expectations to have class tracking of like abilities?
Unrealistic expectations not to be in classes where kids are as much as 4-5 grade levels apart?
Unrealistic expectation where kids are not held accountable for grades?
Unrealistic expectation that 3-4 days out of the week there are behavior issues in the classroom with little learning?
Unrealistic expectations that my kid should be able to use the bathroom when he needs it?
Unrealistic expectation not to have to deal with daily fights?

in neighborhood schools around the country with similar demographics to ward 3 schools, all of the above are not issues. Above is not the norm. If you can’t have enough insight to not realize this, then that is sad and to accept that this is how it is is not going to fly with the majority of families.

DCPS is losing more and more families in middle and high school and there is absolutely no reason to expect MacArthur is going to be any different. The system is toxic to higher performing kids. Get out while you can.

BTW, that PP is not a dissenter. There are many families who are looking at other options.