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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We too are trying to avoid Hardy and Wilson b/c these schools aren't a good fit for our kids. We aren't interested in the middle school charters b/c it's a temporary fix and doesn't resolve HS.  [/quote]

Define "good fit," please.  There are kids at Hardy and Wilson who are every bit the intellectual equal of kids in Arlington schools. [/quote]

Not the poster you quoted--but left same pyramid in DC for same pyramid in Arlington.

Some of the kids may be of similar intellectual level (though after being in inner city DC schools (not of JLKM variety) for 5 years they are no longer).  The resources, teacher quality/intelligence, support system in those DC schools is abysmal especially in direct comparison to Swanson and W-L.  Hardy also has so many discipline problems that distract from classroom teaching.  The Arlington poor performance schools (very few) are not due to the school system or teaching--they are due to kids with no English skills and disadvantaged home---yet most are able to turnaround after being in the Arlington system.  This is in direct contrast to some of the worst DC schools in which the environment, teachers, and system are very poor.

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