Reply to HARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL: Record numbers from feeder schools for 2014-2015

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "HARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL: Record numbers from feeder schools for 2014-2015"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I'm excited for Hardy. Truly. However, if the boosters are going to paint such a compelling positive picture, they also need to be able to answer some questions. Here goes:

There seems to be a real desire to make Hardy more of a neighborhood school, meaning attract more children from the local schools that feed to it. Great. However, I have to ask, of the six Mann families that have committed to Hardy, are those children from the neighborhood or are they OOB? And if they are OOB have they attended Mann pretty much throughout elementary?

I ask because in recent years, many IB families from the feeder schools peeled off from their elementary schools after 4th to go to Basis, Latin, other charters and private. There is a perception that many kids in 5th grade now attending feeder schools are OOB, many of whom lotteried into those schools BECAUSE they wanted/planned to go to Hardy. So their commitment to and plans to attend Hardy aren't really a surprise...that's why they got themselves into a feeder elementary school.

If the majority of the commitments Hardy is receiving from families from feeder schools are actually OOB families, there's nothing wrong with that. I personally believe that OOB families who commit themselves  to driving their kids from all over the city to attend school shows a real investment in the lives and education of their kids. So great. But I just feel that this recent push towards Hardy is being marketed as increased interest/commitment/attendance by families who live in the neighborhoods surrounding Mann, Key, Hyde, Eaton, Stoddert and I'm just not convinced that's true.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics