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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once Hardy ceases to be a pan-DC school and reaches 75-80%+ IB enrollment, it will be seen as approaching Deal's league.   Not before.[/quote]

You're assuming that "Deal's league" is something for which to be aspired.  Not everyone's standards are that low.  It's a gigantic zoo, and many families prefer smaller and more intimate.  (No, not a Hardy or Deal family, but as someone who went to private schools I can't understand why anyone would be so braggadocious about Deal.)[/quote]

Agreed. Deal is a good school, not a great school and at some point (which I think happened about 200 students ago) the law of diminishing returns kicks in. Having a middle school with 1500+ kids is not ideal. At first, the big student body works because it yields lots of per-pupil $ which means you can have all sorts of clubs and electives and sports and activities. Great. But then you also have the problems that really big schools have. The team model that Deal uses to try and make a big school feel small it admirable and creative but it's still a gargantuan school where the staff can't possibly know ever kid. In middle school, I think that is precisely the time when children need to know that they are known.[/quote]

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