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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]

If you look at other WOTP schools that have experienced crowding, the limitations of the facility are never a limit on enrollment. As long as they can make a classroom for everyone they keep packing them in. A PP was commenting that Deal only has half a year of PE because of lack of gym space. Did that keep them from adding trailers?  Elementary schools add trailers all the time even when the existing facility is overwhelmed.[/quote]

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