So how many IB are going to really be at Hardy 2015-2016?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have they announced the dropping of school uniforms yet? That will signal that Hardy is serious about recruiting more IB students.

Go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal Pride had the stats for in-coming 6th from feeders, which was above 30%.

Last year, Stoddert and Key both had 83% IB enrollment, Mann had 85%, Hyde 41%.

Across a lot of the parents I know at ALL of the Hardy feeder schools - as well from parents across the city whose kids are at Hardy and are looking at Hardy as future potential school for their kids -- there's a strong collective desire to see the academic achievement at Hardy reach a level on par with that of the feeder schools or on par with Deal or whatever your benchmark is. A larger percentage of the parents would prefer to have their kids at a strong public school - and not have to play lotteries for limited charter spaces & commutes -- or astronomical private tuition (which IS a strain or brake for a LOT Of the IB families).

Go Hardy Go!

30% is friggin' excellent. If that's true, the school has already flipped. The future is now.

Is this stat saying that only 30% of the school is IB and 70% is OOB?
Seems very low to me.

[Anonymous]

30% is higher than 15%.

[Anonymous]

I would be interested in knowing how many of last years IB 6th graders returned. Everyone we know who went in 6fh in past years left for 7th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30% is higher than 15%.

Many folks at Hardy don't want it to flip to a majority in-boundary school. They value Hardy's diverse culture and traditional role in DC which will be changed if Hardy becomes just another majority Ward 3 school. It okay for some more IB students to come, which means more parents to do stuff and contribute their $, but please don't expect the school to change to your tastes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30% is higher than 15%.

Many folks at Hardy don't want it to flip to a majority in-boundary school. They value Hardy's diverse culture and traditional role in DC which will be changed if Hardy becomes just another majority Ward 3 school. It okay for some more IB students to come, which means more parents to do stuff and contribute their $, but please don't expect the school to change to your tastes.

Thanks for your permission for "some more IB" students to attend so you can take their money. This sentiment is gross.

[Anonymous]

30% IB in Sixth grade is excellent. Double last year's %. The rate will continue to increase each year. So, this thread is done. Start a new one when next year rolls around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have they announced the dropping of school uniforms yet? That will signal that Hardy is serious about recruiting more IB students.

You are obsessed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have they announced the dropping of school uniforms yet? That will signal that Hardy is serious about recruiting more IB students.

You are obsessed.

Public school uniforms are a turn-off for my kids. From my perspective, it's more of a marketing issue as public school uniforms connote urban schools with severe discipline problems, which is not today's Hardy. It's finally time to move beyond the 1980s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have they announced the dropping of school uniforms yet? That will signal that Hardy is serious about recruiting more IB students.

You are obsessed.

Public school uniforms are a turn-off for my kids. From my perspective, it's more of a marketing issue as public school uniforms connote urban schools with severe discipline problems, which is not today's Hardy. It's finally time to move beyond the 1980s.

And you're still obsessed. Didn't say you didn't have reasons.

[Anonymous]

Jeebus, start a new thread titled "What do you think of the Uniform policy at Hardy" and knock yourselves out with all of the permutations of said policy or dress code or whatever.

This particular thread was only about "How many IB are going to be at Hardy." It's done now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30% is higher than 15%.

And oranges are rounder than apples.

The 30% number is the percent who attended a feeder school. The 15% number is the percent who reside within the attendance boundaries. Not the same thing at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30% is higher than 15%.

And oranges are rounder than apples.

The 30% number is the percent who attended a feeder school. The 15% number is the percent who reside within the attendance boundaries. Not the same thing at all.

Have you not been paying attention to this thread? 30% is the # of kids from a feeder school in 6th grade, this year; 15% refers to the # of kids from a feeder school in last year's 6th grade class. The % increase entering 6th grade, over the past 3 years, is exponential and outstanding and reveals the will of the people who live in the neighborhood and/or attend its schools. Game over (see thread title). Now go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:30% is higher than 15%.

And oranges are rounder than apples.

The 30% number is the percent who attended a feeder school. The 15% number is the percent who reside within the attendance boundaries. Not the same thing at all.

Have you not been paying attention to this thread? 30% is the # of kids from a feeder school in 6th grade, this year; 15% refers to the # of kids from a feeder school in last year's 6th grade class. The % increase entering 6th grade, over the past 3 years, is exponential and outstanding and reveals the will of the people who live in the neighborhood and/or attend its schools. Game over (see thread title). Now go away.

Paying attention to this thread? Hell, I started it. And if you go back to my first posting you'll see that 15% is the published DCPS in-boundary number for school year 2014-15. Which, incidentally, is the only officially published number anywhere on the subject of in-boundary enrollment. Everything else is just rumor and speculation.

At this time last year people were saying that the feeder percentage at Hardy was 40% -- and 50% in the sixth grade. You can go back to the epic thread from last fall and read it if you don't believe me. Those numbers were no more based in reality than the 30% number from this year.

The IB number has inched up in the past few years -- from 11% to 13% to 15%, which in percentages is a big increase but in absolute terms is still very low, perhaps the lowest of any DCPS school. Unless DCPS suddenly is overcome by a wave of transparency we won't know until next spring whether that trend continues this year, and by itself that number leaves a lot unanswered about the composition of the school.

[Anonymous]

In boundary parents care about one number, the IB number which they view as an indication that their neighbors and peers are voting with their feet, manifesting increased confidence in Hardy. They don't care about the feeder number, which is inflated by OOB students who would probably choose to attend Hardy anyway because it likely is a better alternative than the school they would otherwise have been assigned to.