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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now I figured out exactly why white northeast liberals are worse racists than white conservative southerners.  White northeast liberals surgically segregate undesirable races out if their lives while southern conservatives integrate with the natural friction but at least they integrate .[/quote]

Having lived in both places I can say that was not my experience AT ALL.

Anyway what are the other criticsms of Hardy besides it's ib rate, it's size and it's uniform policy? [/quote]

You missed the most important one. Test scores, which though not perfect,are the best measure of education quality available.

I am very happy Hardy has a stable staff and seems poised to make progress. We sent our oldest to private during the principal churn years, but there is a chance we could send the younger one to Hardy.[/quote]

Yep, test scores are the biggest deterrent.  Ward 3 kids simply perform at a much higher level, as a whole, than kids from outside of Ward 3, as a whole.  Hence the tit-for-tat about snobbery and racism; but when you get down to it the scores speak for themselves.  You can argue about the generational, social causes for lower test scores, but that's beside the point when parents desire the best possible education for their kid(s), in the present.  Parents tend to want high-achieving kids to be surrounded by (mostly) other high achieving kids.  Once this is acknowledged, what else is there to discuss other than uniforms and P.E.?[/quote]

Thanks for cutting to the chase, PP.  Everything else is jsut rearranging the deck chairs...[/quote]

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