Hardy MS - Intent to Enroll form is online

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Anonymous wrote:If she really is limiting OOB spots when there some available, that is sickening. If IB families think that is the only way to make Hardy another Deal that is more sickening.

Why is it sickening? Why don't the OOB families work to improve their IB schools the way Hardy's IB families have? Hardy is a neighborhood school. If you want your kids to go there, rent within the boundary.

The OOB process has created a city-wide sense of entitlement to neighborhood schools WOTP. If you don't believe in neighborhood schools, apply to one of the many city-wide charter schools.

Considering Hardy is 11% IB it seems like the OOB kids/parents are leading the school to improve.

Good one! The parents whose IB kids are yet to enter Hardy are the ones "leading the school to improve".

Let me help you: there a significantly large number IB parents with kids currently attending Hardy, who have younger kids in the pipeline for the next year or the following years, and who are aware of the areas for improvement of the school, and who are committed to making the current positive school experience an even better one for their next kid.

If there is 11% IB, there are not "significantly large number". The school, today, is a solid school with much promise. But let's not forget that the bright OOB kids made it what it is today and any improvement should be credited to being done on the backs of the OOB kids and not the new IB families that are now opting in (sure, they can help with making it better). I understand the need of a neighborhood school and we do need more Deals, but there is a way to do it with tact. It is the OOB kids that kept the doors of Hardy and Deal (6+ years ago) open, give credit where credit is due and stop letting the "trailblazers WOTP" take all the credit.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools becoming naturally more IB due to improved academics is one thing. Schools becoming more IB by artificial means sounds suspicious.

What is Pride changing that is making IB parent choose the school other than randomly limiting OOB numbers?

Bad plan people. Really bad plan. Cuts funding in the short term in hopes for gains in the long term. Hopefully you can get to the long term.

Says the completely (although admittedly) ignorant poster.

First, the math curriculum has changed. (Read: improved; accelerated.) They are trying to implement the same changes to the languages curricula currently, but that may be delayed. Last I heard, it was still on track for this summer. There are agreed-upon plans to improve other subjects in the next two years.

Keep wearing your tin-foil hat and shouting about the nefarious doings of the IB illuminati.

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People, it is not at all unusual to limit the slot available to OOB kids until you see how many IB kids you have. It helps for planning purposes and lets you maintain reasonable class size. She is not going to "artificially" exclude OOB kids, she is creating an optimal class size, verifying how many IB kids have enrolled, and then accepting OOB kids off the wait list until they reach the number they have set for class size. This is called good planning, not nefarious plotting.

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Anonymous wrote:People, it is not at all unusual to limit the slot available to OOB kids until you see how many IB kids you have. It helps for planning purposes and lets you maintain reasonable class size. She is not going to "artificially" exclude OOB kids, she is creating an optimal class size, verifying how many IB kids have enrolled, and then accepting OOB kids off the wait list until they reach the number they have set for class size. This is called good planning, not nefarious plotting.

Agreed....but the rumor is she is doing it to appease IB families which opens up a different can of worms.

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You're like the fish in the pot from The Cat in the Hat.

"I do not like this. No, I do not." Others can't have nice things, or I'll accuse them of being racist.

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly, people who are angry or upset because they perceive a plot, should make the effort to attend an open house before passing such judgement.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Schools becoming naturally more IB due to improved academics is one thing. Schools becoming more IB by artificial means sounds suspicious.

What is Pride changing that is making IB parent choose the school other than randomly limiting OOB numbers?

Bad plan people. Really bad plan. Cuts funding in the short term in hopes for gains in the long term. Hopefully you can get to the long term.

I believe Hardy has a few more open houses scheduled for next weeks . If your question is genuine, then go attend and will find your answers. One quick answer to star with (but there's much more) is " managerial stability", after years of reshuffling in school principals.

Do you have the dates for these? I checked the website and school calendar recently but could find no mention of additional or upcoming open houses. And yes, I know I can call the school--I just wondered if anyone could let me know if this information is also available online or somewhere on the Hardy website that I have just not found yet...

thanks!

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Call the school.

(j/k PP, I would want to do the same thing you are, and this way more people can share in the knowledge.)

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Attended an open house and this issue wasn't brought up. Now I have heard this issue is brought up at the Cleveland Park parent meetings. Can we get an invite to one of those?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools becoming naturally more IB due to improved academics is one thing. Schools becoming more IB by artificial means sounds suspicious.

What is Pride changing that is making IB parent choose the school other than randomly limiting OOB numbers?

Bad plan people. Really bad plan. Cuts funding in the short term in hopes for gains in the long term. Hopefully you can get to the long term.

I believe Hardy has a few more open houses scheduled for next weeks . If your question is genuine, then go attend and will find your answers. One quick answer to star with (but there's much more) is " managerial stability", after years of reshuffling in school principals.

Do you have the dates for these? I checked the website and school calendar recently but could find no mention of additional or upcoming open houses. And yes, I know I can call the school--I just wondered if anyone could let me know if this information is also available online or somewhere on the Hardy website that I have just not found yet...

thanks!

I remember seeing a banner on the top of the page which is no longer there. Open houses have usually been hosted on Thursday mornings at 9:00 or 9:30. But I have first-hand knowledge of parents who visited the school with their kids just last week. So they are either still hosting open houses or arranging ad-hoc visits.

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Go to an open house and bring it up if you so desire.

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Anonymous wrote:There's an awful lot of aspersions being cast at principal Pride based on rumors.

I agree.

And she should be concerned that one or more people in this forum are spreading the rumor that the main thrust of her plan is to drastically reduce the number of OOB students. Limiting class size may be a part of the plan. Being selective about the OOB students who enroll may also be part of the plan. But the rumor that it's the main thing that will appeal to IB families has been prolifically pushed in this forum, complete with some pretty nasty retorts about the "entitlement" of OOB families. Adding to that is speculation that she's "signalling" her intent with the limited number of OOB seats. Again, that may be normal and part of any school enrollment plan but the implication that this is a direct appeal to IB families has been reiterated several times over.

As for going to the open house and asking directly, there have been several posts indicating that she's saying one thing publicly and another at separate meetings with IB families.

I'm rolling my eyes on the comment about racism. If you're one who believes Hardy improvement only comes with demographic overhaul, then don't get upset when others believe that about you, too. That's definitely going to be the reaction if, as has been repeatedly posted here, the school goes majority IB and remains under-enrolled.

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There is the rub. She can't be selective about OOB kids she gets due to feeders and lottery. The only way to be selective about OOB is to not open seats to them. You get that don't you?

Hardy is 11% IB.
Hardy is 69% AA.
Hardy is 17% Hispanic.
Hardy is 7% white.

This is why it looks like racism.

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Anonymous wrote:Attended an open house and this issue wasn't brought up. Now I have heard this issue is brought up at the Cleveland Park parent meetings. Can we get an invite to one of those?

Cleveland Park parent of school aged kids here...can I get an invite too?

What meeting?

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Huh? How is this a plot? For popular schools, principals often put 0 seats available so that they have plenty of room to work with. There's been a ton of chatter about increased numbers of IB kids, so it seems like a no-brainer to work a waitlist rather than admit too many kids via the lottery. Either way, the result is the same--IB kids have preference, then OOB kids fill the remaining seats.