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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy's neighborhood is wealthier than Deal's.  For at least two generations, a larger percentage of Hardy families never even considered pubic school.

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C'mon.  Let's 'deal' with the situation as it is currently.

There are a lot of past dynamics - many raw emotions, many mis-stated 'facts' and pure out myths slung around about Hardy.  Two generations ago, the school at that location was the Gordon Junior High School/Center (there are still some residents of The Glover who went there!! The Palisades wasn't nearly as wealthy an area -- and it is still not uniformly so -- many IB families used to be able to get into Deal, Stoddert's catchment hardly had any families with kids, etc etc etc.)  It's silly to rehash the chickens and eggs situations of Hardy.

Right now, there's the reality of growing DCPS enrollment across the city, overcrowding at a number Deal/Wilson and many of the WOTP elementaries, the proliferation of charters and choice, changing boundaries/feeders (Eaton), families feeling displaced and forced out or closed out of options, and many other current issues.

There is common ground of people wanting to finding a pathway to a high performing school.  And everyone wanting the best for their kids.

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Well put. It's splitting hairs to compare the relative wealth of Chevy Chase and Forest Hills vs. Georgetown and Spring Valley.  there are plenty of affluent and semi-affluent families willing to invest in public schools in the Wilson boundary, just as families EORCP choose private schools too.[/quote]

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