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

[Anonymous]

Add Eaton parents to that group!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1. As the news regularly informs us this year, symbols are important and this one needs to be changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1. As the news regularly informs us this year, symbols are important and this one needs to be changed.

If you want to change it, go talk to Principal Pride and the current parents at Hardy. They will listen with an open mind and be open to this and other ideas. But stop spamming DCUM with this issue. We heard you, we may or may not agree with you, but no need to beat a dead horse. Go in and ask the Principal to change this policy, then come back to us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1. As the news regularly informs us this year, symbols are important and this one needs to be changed.

If you want to change it, go talk to Principal Pride and the current parents at Hardy. They will listen with an open mind and be open to this and other ideas. But stop spamming DCUM with this issue. We heard you, we may or may not agree with you, but no need to beat a dead horse. Go in and ask the Principal to change this policy, then come back to us.

The NYT style manual doesn't even capitalize "president" (for U.S. president), but in DCPS school principals are capitalized. The pretension is sort of funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1. As the news regularly informs us this year, symbols are important and this one needs to be changed.

If you want to change it, go talk to Principal Pride and the current parents at Hardy. They will listen with an open mind and be open to this and other ideas. But stop spamming DCUM with this issue. We heard you, we may or may not agree with you, but no need to beat a dead horse. Go in and ask the Principal to change this policy, then come back to us.

The NYT style manual doesn't even capitalize "president" (for U.S. president), but in DCPS school principals are capitalized. The pretension is sort of funny.

I'm PP. It's not pretension - it's that I'm bad at grammar and the rules of capitalization!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Don't worry, those people aren't coming anyway - uniforms are just a convenient excuse for them to give for why they are not going.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Do the research and check the reasons why the introduction of public school uniforms in urban schools became an educational fad in the late 80s and into the 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Do the research and check the reasons why the introduction of public school uniforms in urban schools became an educational fad in the late 80s and into the 90s.

Given that the uniforms were introduced to Hardy in the aughts, one might want to find out the specific situation at Hardy. But then that would require visiting the school and forming your own impressions rather than just throwing around vague stereotypes without looking any further. Yeah, not sure I would want my kid in a classroom with a child brought up that way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Do the research and check the reasons why the introduction of public school uniforms in urban schools became an educational fad in the late 80s and into the 90s.

Not saying that those are the precise reasons why Hardy became the sole public school west of Rock Creek Park to require uniforms, or that the conditions that led to uniforms still exist today, but why would Hardy want to be associated with what urban public school uniforms usually imply about the school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Do the research and check the reasons why the introduction of public school uniforms in urban schools became an educational fad in the late 80s and into the 90s.

A lot of people don't care about the original reasons, and are simply OK with uniforms.

[Anonymous]

Hardy uniforms are a bit like the house that has a chain link fence in the front and bars on the front windows because the neighborhood used to be kind of tough. Then the neighborhood really improved and became much safer and you now want to market your house. You'd want to remove the chain link fence and the window bars to attract buyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Do the research and check the reasons why the introduction of public school uniforms in urban schools became an educational fad in the late 80s and into the 90s.

A lot of people don't care about the original reasons, and are simply OK with uniforms.

And a lot of prospective parents (and kids_ who live in bounds for Hardy and might otherwise consider it for middle school find uniforms to be a turnoff. They wonder why Hardy still clings to them.

[Anonymous]

I want a show of hands of parents that will send their kids to immediately after uniforms are repealed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You know, I'm starting to wonder whether I would want to send my kid to school with kids whose parents are overwhelmed by their unresearched and unverified assumptions about Hardy based on what they think public school uniforms must mean. That is, they can't see the difference between what is really going on at the school and what they believe everyone thinks about the school. It might be best if all you folks who are suspicious about uniforms don't send your kids to the school because I'm not sure I would want my child to associate with children whose parents don't teach them to do research and engage in critical thinking.

Do the research and check the reasons why the introduction of public school uniforms in urban schools became an educational fad in the late 80s and into the 90s.

Not saying that those are the precise reasons why Hardy became the sole public school west of Rock Creek Park to require uniforms, or that the conditions that led to uniforms still exist today, but why would Hardy want to be associated with what urban public school uniforms usually imply about the school?

If you do the research on Christmas trees, you'll find that they were a pagan custom relating to bringing the green and light of springtime into the darkest days of the winter. Also December 25th was called "Sol Invictus" in pre-christian roman times, meaning "victory of the sun" - a few days after the winter solstice when it became clear that the sun was winning out over darkness and would return again.

Does this research prove a negative association of Christmas with less desirable religions? Does it make you want to stop celebrating Christmas or stop putting up a tree?