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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] It's just unfortunate that some students have been forcibly switched from feeding into an excellent public middle school (Deal) into a transitional one (Hardy).  As someone said, not everyone wants to send their kids to a transitional school and not every kid is up to the challenge of attending one.  I wish the focus had been to work through the issues at Hardy and make it an attractive option for IB parents before forcing more kids into the feeder pattern.[/quote]

It is indeed unfortunate there is not infinite room at Deal.  If there were all DC kids of MS age could attend it.  But as that is not the case, someone had to be redistricted out of Deal.  Discomfort with that reality, though understandable, is not a good reason to carp about Hardy or its policies, especially as it seems to be considered by most people to be the second best (noncharter) public middle school in DC.    All the folks being redisticted to middle schools that do not currently exist can only hope those turn out to the "next Hardy". 
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Fair enough on paper, but we'll be heading to private.  I really hope the Hardy experiment works, but I'd prefer more certainty with my kids' education -- especially the crucial middle school years.[/quote]

everyone makes their own choices, and cannot be faulted for that.   But most EOTP families now worrying about transitioning from Deal to schools that are as yet non-existent (not to mention EOTR families whose neighborhood schools are existing but dismal) mostly do not have the choice of private schools.   Do you think people who can afford to have that choice should have a greater right to Deal than others?   If you  do not, then you must accept that some will leave Deal, without wanting to.  [/quote]

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