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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she really is limiting OOB spots when there some available, that is sickening.  If IB families think that is the only way to make Hardy another Deal that is more sickening.[/quote]

This policy has true foresight. Last year, there were 70 slots available through the lottery. This year, something like a dozen. Maybe it's because expectations are different; maybe it's a signalling strategy. Regardless, the principal can indeed keep to that dozen. There is nothing sicking about it. In fact, it may well be judicious foresight because if there is rapid growth projected within the next few years, then you better limit the number of students you take in so as not to end up with a ballooned 7th or 8th grade down the road. 
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I think that the "strategy" as proposed here is designed to make Hardy attractive to IB families by promising that undesirable families will be kept out.

It has to presume that WOTP boundaries will be redrawn to put [i]desirable [/i]families IB for Hardy.  Otherwise, it's strange indeed to limit seats when there are OOB parents currently zoned for Deal who are looking for alternatives.  According to the zone map ( http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Learn-About-Schools/Attn_Zones_Middle_2013_2014_10.2.pdf ) the Deal boundary is still the largest in NW, even if you cut out Shepherd Park.

Seems counterproductive to make Hardy, a school that's under-enrolled, unappealing to OOB families--though reasons for doing so are pretty transparent.  Of course, there could be a proximity preference but being hundreds short of capacity and turning families away in the face of Deal's overcrowding doesn't fly.  [/quote]

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