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Anonymous
| I am not the first poster, but when I went to visit Hardy last year I saw the "rough." Maybe it has changed, but from what I saw last year "rough" is a good description. Just stand outside when the kids get out. |
Anonymous
| Wow on all these rough anecdotes. When we applied, we did not see this rough side. I find the after-school throngs at Tenleytown pretty rough. |
Anonymous
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I'm 21:45 and my post in no way painted the whole school because of my personal experience.
I will not send my children there. What these girls said to me and my children was horrific. I can only imagine what might have happened if I had not been present. And because of that, my children will not attend Hardy. My experience. My kids. My choice. I never said anything otherwise and I never characterized the whole school as being "rough." |
Anonymous
| No one said you did, another poster introduced the adjective "rough." |
Anonymous
| This is the big problem with all schools -- OPK. |
Anonymous
Sorry, I don't think I get your point. Is that all schools are rough?? |
Anonymous
| OPK -- other people's kids |
Anonymous
| The problem with all schools is other people's kids? Is the solution home-schooling? |
Anonymous
Yes, and for Middle School, sometimes yes. Other times, you help your child figure out how to thrive despite the presence of some (insert adjective here) OPK. |
Anonymous
| yikes. |
Anonymous
| Isn't that the reason so many people go private at that age, the rough kids get bigger and more threatening? I've been near Hardy and Wilson when the kids get out and "rough" is a good description. I am sorry for PP's daughter's assault, and of course you have to be vigalent everywhere, but SF and GDS don't have metal detectors or vistis from MP officers. While the language of the private school students was deplorable, it is not the same thing as being physically unsafe. I like the idea of Hardy's program but would also not think of sending my kids there. A certain amount of energy and focus needs to go to safety when there are a lot of unruly kids, that energy can be spent on learning in other schools. A friend went to Deal and Wilson back in the day and said that thate main things she learned were to be street smart and have eyes in the back of her head for trouble. I'd like my kids to hav the opportunity to be kids. |
Anonymous
| PP here, that would be "have" |
Anonymous
| 9:54 When there is an assault at a private school, they do not call the police right away, they want to keep it as quiet as possible, I believe they only would if the victim requested it. I know of several. One's a top three. |
Anonymous
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Yes exactly 9:58 public schools are required to track all data related to violent incidents, fighting and disciplinary action at school. You won't necessarily have access to that information at a private school. Then when you add things like bullying, cyber-bullying, drug and alcohol use to the mix, I really don't believe there is any way to keep a child sheltered from it, especially in middle and high school.
It's fine to want your kids to be kids, but to think that you aren't going to have to deal with any of these kinds of unsafe behaviors in private school is naive. |
Anonymous
My son got a hell of a shiner his first year at private school as a freshman. The headmaster called me to tell me that it looked worse than it was. The bully was not expelled that year, but did not return the next year. We stuck with the school and are happy that we did because it was a good fit. |