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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For what it's worth, I see the stats show that the IB % for Hardy MS is growing.   It used to be 12% a year or two ago IIRC; now it's 15% according to the DCPS website.    Much more of a concern though is the Hardy MS math and reading proficiency.  They are 15-20 percentage points below that of Deale.

I hear the old Hardy/Lab building is too small for a modern DCPS school, whether elementary or middle school, so perhaps it works well as an overflow building for Lab.  I agree with a prior poster who wondered about the to-be-sold GDS school on MacArthur -- I'd love to see DCPS buy that space and renovate it into a new school.  While I'd like to see a new middle school as an option other than Hardy MS, perhaps what NW DC needs is another high school other than Wilson (Ellington doesn't "count" as a regular NW DCPS high school due to its arts focus).  If NW DC had a high school option there, I think NWDC would be more accepting of Hardy MS out of a desire for continuity -- DCPS from K-12 -- and all at DCPS schools in NW DC.  Some have said DCPS wouldn't buy a school (like GDS) because they already have too much excess real estate; however, that's not the case I don't think for NW DC.  And, GDS would probably be a bargain compared to the recent renovation costs the city has recently been enduring, such as for Ellington and Dunbar (not to mention Wilson and others).  [/quote]

There aren't enough students that live in Ward 3/2 to justify [b]any [/b] new schools.  The enrollment pressure comes from oob students.  Fix that issue (by making those student's home schools more attractive) and stop wishing that some magic enclave is going to fix this issue.[/quote]

Wrong. Our W3 school is over capacity by 50 and there are a handful of OOB.[/quote]

Your school boundaries should have been redistributed to Hearst and Eaton. This would instantly fix the overcrowding at Deal and Wilson by removing entry points by reducing OOB spots.[/quote]

Send kids from Key to Hearst? Are you familiar with ward 3 geography?[/quote]

If in fact Key is over capacity (83% IB), then they should have redistricted some kids from Key to Hyde (41% IB). Some from Mann to Eaton (45% IB) and some Janney to Hearst (27% IB).[/quote]

Thanks for posting the numbers. They clearly show why we should spend untold millions to build a new school in that area.  :roll: [/quote]

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