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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the city is going to build a small school just to cater to IB families who don't want to go to school with OOB families?  That is a crazy idea![/quote]

We proposed reducing enrollment at Hardy so that it could reach majority IB enrollment quickly, but that was a crazy idea as well.

The abbreviated version of this thread: Any proposal that results in a majority IB school for the families zoned for Hardy in the next few years is a crazy idea.

[/quote]Here's a proposal that would work.  IB families enroll in Hardy and then it will be a majority IB school.  Oh my god, that's brilliant!  And not crazy at all.[/quote]

No it wont.  Hardy = "Second tier MS school for anyone in the city whose IB school is failing and is willing to commute for a shot at a decent education."

The current enrollment of 375 is arbitrary.  [b]The building can probably accommodate twice that.[/b]. As the number of IB kids increases, the enrollment will increase as well so that OOB families have a shot at a decent school.[/quote]

That's exactly what happened at Deal and Wilson. DCPS has shown much more willingness to expand and crowd than to limit OOB enrollment.[/quote]

The Hardy facility can NOT accommodate a doubling of enrollment.  The only athletic space today is a puny pony-league sized field next to the parking lot.  Pathetic.  Besides, if they increased the enrollment significantly, Hardy would lose its only real advantage which is its relatively small size.[/quote]

Shut up! You have never visited the school obviously, misinformed troll!!

The truth is that at Hardy, 6th-7th-8th grades have 1 HOUR OF PE EACH AND EVERY DAY, while at Deal they have PE ONLY FOR ONE TERM, DUE TO OVERCROWDING .So what is really pathetic is to have a relatively larger outdoor space (due to the almost suburban nature of the Deal location , compared to the historical district setting of Hardy in Georgetown) and not to be able to use it!!!!....

The school has basketball, football, soccer, baseball, softball, cross country & running, tennis, volleyball and rowing teams among others. See http://www.hardyms.org/ath.jsp  This year we established also ski team (they had the first trip just one week ago) as well as swimming team developmental. The huge indoor facilities (as all of those who have visited the school know), the Jelleff center and fields next door and the small enrollment number allow for space and time for daily practice, during school hours and after-school. 
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