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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is it that you do not like about Deal?    Did your child do the buddy day?

Have you attended the open house at both Deal and Hardy?  [/quote]

The size of Deal gives me a little concern. [b]My kid is also an athlete so I wonder about the competitiveness of making a team at Deal. I know that seems mundane but it’s a big deal to kid.[/b] We plan to attend the Jan 11 open house. No buddy days as my kid doesn’t attend a feeder school. Both Deal and Hardy are on the way to work for me as well. [/quote]

This sports thing is something we would not have said was a big deal, but it has been a big deal this year. We've got a kid who likes the social aspect of sports at least as much as the sport, and we are pretty certain would have been cut from any Deal team. Hardy (so far from what I've seen) doesn't cut kids.

You can look at the school report cards and slice and dice the academic and demographic info and see that both schools are doing a similarly good enough job at educating similar groups of kids.

Middle school is hard. Academically, the schools are similar. If sports will make your child happy, don't discount that. [/quote]

+1 Agreed. My Hardy kids participates in track and basketball and really needs it. Middle school is a tough time. Plus participating in those sports give him a chance to develop new friend groups within his school because for the most part he hangs with his cohort from his elementary school. I'm sure Deal is a terrific school...I just think it's too big. I need my kid to know that he is known. [/quote]

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