So, what is wrong with Hardy?

[Anonymous]

I don't get it. The best Elementary Schools feed Hardy, how can it only have a 13% IB and such low DCCAS scores?

[Anonymous]

I know several families at Hardy that are very happy there. I don't think there is anything wrong with the school. We are so far away from being at the middle school stage, but I would find a school of 350 with an honors program very appealing, especially relative to a school of nearly 1,300 students.

[Anonymous]

Because of the high OOB population (brown kids) and the lack of options that Deal has, parents see it as a no go.

[Anonymous]

You might as well ask how many IB kids are there this year.

[Anonymous]

there needs to be one week without a hardy thread, sorry OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because of the high OOB population (brown kids) and the lack of options that Deal has, parents see it as a no go.

But they are so many OOB kids because.... What has originated the high OOB%? When did this high proportion of OOB students started?

[Anonymous]

Seriously, enough is enough. Stop being God damned trolls, you sorry sack(s) of .....

Before you cry about the language of these oob Hardy defenders, note that I'm IB for Mann.

[Anonymous]

Oh just stop! Go post on the 99 page thread.
Enough!

[Anonymous]

A 13% IB population says pretty starkly that Hardy's surrounding community believes that the school is lackng.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. The best Elementary Schools feed Hardy, how can it only have a 13% IB and such low DCCAS scores?

More accurately two of the best elementary schools (K and M of JKLM) have had Hardy assigned as their middle school, but very few students from these best schools actually feed to Hardy .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because of the high OOB population (brown kids) and the lack of options that Deal has, parents see it as a no go.

what are the lack of options?

[Anonymous]

Uniforms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uniforms

I assume that this is a joke. The reality is that Hardy uniforms, while a small thing, are a big turn-off to a lot of prospective IB parents who associate public school uniforms with chaotic, urban schools.

[Anonymous]

Just go visit Hardy with an open mind. Most who do find that its a solid school that their kids enjoy that bears little resemblance to the falsehoods and rumors that you can read on this site.

Please go visit Hardy and don't wallow on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uniforms

I assume that this is a joke. The reality is that Hardy uniforms, while a small thing, are a big turn-off to a lot of prospective IB parents who associate public school uniforms with chaotic, urban schools.

Which is a long way of saying that prospective IB parents are snobs who allow their negative associations with uniforms to cloud their entire perception of a school.