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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm bummed that Hardy's momentum is slowing in the wake of Honors for All. Pretty clearly, enthusiasm for Hardy has taken a hit, maybe not a big hit, but a hit. I no longer hear OOB families desperate for a decent public middle school waxing enthusiastic about Hardy like they did a couple years back. We have in-boundary friends with very bright kids who have surprised us by giving up and moving to the burbs this summer.  They don't like the publicity Principal Martin gets.  Anecdotal evidence to be sure, but of concern nonetheless.[/quote]
You mean slowing on this thread? Not much space left for OOB, what's there to be enthusiastic about. We are not moving even if DC has to go to Wilson.
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The comment above doesn't seem to have much situational awareness  - the Hardy dynamic was completely changed with the redirect of Eaton to Hardy. Starting with the class that is now going into 7th, about 1/2 of each class cohort is going to be Hardy going forward. That combined with the increased enrollment from Stoddert and Mann - less from Key, and then Hyde is still in a period of adjustment from their renovation. And there is the impact of Basis, DCI, and the feeder pattern on the Hill (for instance, there used to be a bus from the Hill that would bring a set kids to Hardy)... so there are other options and forces at play. And the total class size was increased.

The parents I know who are talking about Wilson in those ways were likely on a private school or move to the burbs track regardless & this is just the latest talking point....[/quote]

meant 1/2 of each class at Hardy is Eaton students...[/quote]

But half of the Eaton class is from out of bounds, not the high SES Eaton district itself.[/quote]

[b]But in 4 or 5 years, Eaton will have a minimal number of OOB students, just like the rest of Ward-3.[/b] 
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You can see from the current K and 1st classes -- it will still be 25-30% OOB.  And with the renovation, more IB families will peel out, like with Hyde.[/quote]

Not sure how bad the renovation is going to be (compared to Hyde) - they are taking over the old Murch space at UDC - much closer than ETOP.
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