Hardy Middle School -- 5th grade in feeder school -- who's considering Hardy for 6th?

[Anonymous]

We are not only considering, we are coming!
My kid will do fine in a small school, big school, great school, good school, not so good school. He doesn't need any extra help or anything modified for him or high achievers around him. (If any, glad to not have Janney parents around).
Hardy is the IB school, it's close to home and that's where he is going. Seems like no brainer.
We have no interest in Deal and don't know why it shows up every time Hardy is mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS my daughter is at a private with uniforms and we LOVE them!!

Private school uniforms are very different from public school uniforms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PS my daughter is at a private with uniforms and we LOVE them!!

Private school uniforms are very different from public school uniforms.

Really? Please elaborate. I am fascinated by your statement.

[Anonymous]

One is a choice, the other is a discipline technique.

[Anonymous]

Not to mention, one is typically high quality and attractive, the other is typically cheap and ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One is a choice, the other is a discipline technique.

Kids at private school that has uniforms have a choice whether to wear one or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is a choice, the other is a discipline technique.

Kids at private school that has uniforms have a choice whether to wear one or not?

They chose to attend. If you are IB for Hardy and aren't wealthy, you have no choice if you arent lucky in the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One is a choice, the other is a discipline technique.

Parents in DC are lucky to have the choice to avoid cheap uniforms at their IB school. They can play the lottery and choose a school for their kid from a whole array of charters that don't have uniform.

These parents are better off avoiding a school which they disdain because of the message sent by the quality of the uniforms. It's hard to imagine that their attitude would not rub off on their children who might have difficulty learning in an atmosphere where they think they are superior to the other children based on the perceived message being sent by their uniform.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is a choice, the other is a discipline technique.

Parents in DC are lucky to have the choice to avoid cheap uniforms at their IB school. They can play the lottery and choose a school for their kid from a whole array of charters that don't have uniform.

These parents are better off avoiding a school which they disdain because of the message sent by the quality of the uniforms. It's hard to imagine that their attitude would not rub off on their children who might have difficulty learning in an atmosphere where they think they are superior to the other children based on the perceived message being sent by their uniform.

If Hardy catches on among IB families, parents who can't stand Hardy's uniforms might feel the need to move away to avoid the sight of so many undisciplined neighborhood kids running around in cheap uniforms. And what could happen to the real estate value of homes? Imagine a majority of IB kids attending a school so close to home that parents don't have to drive their children far - or at all. This could have a major effect on neighborhood life as neither parents nor children have to get up at the crack of down to get to school on time. Some families won't even need a second car! imagine the prestige lost in only being a one-car family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One is a choice, the other is a discipline technique.

Parents in DC are lucky to have the choice to avoid cheap uniforms at their IB school. They can play the lottery and choose a school for their kid from a whole array of charters that don't have uniform.

These parents are better off avoiding a school which they disdain because of the message sent by the quality of the uniforms. It's hard to imagine that their attitude would not rub off on their children who might have difficulty learning in an atmosphere where they think they are superior to the other children based on the perceived message being sent by their uniform.

If Hardy catches on among IB families, parents who can't stand Hardy's uniforms might feel the need to move away to avoid the sight of so many undisciplined neighborhood kids running around in cheap uniforms. And what could happen to the real estate value of homes? Imagine a majority of IB kids attending a school so close to home that parents don't have to drive their children far - or at all. This could have a major effect on neighborhood life as neither parents nor children have to get up at the crack of down to get to school on time. Some families won't even need a second car! imagine the prestige lost in only being a one-car family.

With the influx of IB kids at Hardy, the uniforms could become so ubiquitous that even the mention of your neighborhood's name will bring up the image of cheap uniforms in people's minds and many of the more status-conscious people will feel they need to flee the area just to maintain their image.

[Anonymous]

Well, at least with the uniforms, if the students get into trouble at the Safeway or somewhere, they know whom to call.

[Anonymous]

Once there's a majority of IB kids at hardy, they can take another vote on the uniforms and maybe vote for high quality, more expensive uniforms, that could price some OOB families out -- or perhaps they'll vote for or no uniforms at all and kids will start coming to school dressed in furs and diamonds

But that's a crap shoot -- may never happen. The uniforms could be here to stay. More and more of them, every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once there's a majority of IB kids at hardy, they can take another vote on the uniforms and maybe vote for high quality, more expensive uniforms, that could price some OOB families out -- or perhaps they'll vote for or no uniforms at all and kids will start coming to school dressed in furs and diamonds

But that's a crap shoot -- may never happen. The uniforms could be here to stay. More and more of them, every day.

It's unlikely that Hardy will be a majority IB school in the foreseeable future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once there's a majority of IB kids at hardy, they can take another vote on the uniforms and maybe vote for high quality, more expensive uniforms, that could price some OOB families out -- or perhaps they'll vote for or no uniforms at all and kids will start coming to school dressed in furs and diamonds

But that's a crap shoot -- may never happen. The uniforms could be here to stay. More and more of them, every day.

It's unlikely that Hardy will be a majority IB school in the foreseeable future.

I certainly hope not, for the sake of the uniform haters.

[Anonymous]

If a large enough bloc of Mann/Key/Hyde parents insisted on reversing the uniform policy, it could work. Hardy could quickly become a small darling of NW. But as long as the face of the school is OOB in need of discipline, that can't happen.