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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any in boundary families sending their kids to Hardy next year?[/quote]

IB for Hardy here, we considered for a moment but after a talk with the "new-old" principal and after having seen how Hardy students behave outside school we decided to send our daughter to a charter ([b]and we are very happy with our choice[/b]).[/quote]

And the Hardy families are happy with this choice as well. [/quote]

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Why so defie site.  The poster made and observation and then chose differently for her child.  Your snarky response basically telling her you are glad she isn't at Hardy makes me think YOU have concerns as well about behavior but maybe didn't get into the charter you wanted.[/quote]

I suspect it has nothing to do with that - if the poster had wanted to go to a charter instead of Hardy, they would have gone to a charter.

As a Hardy parent, I can tell you there is a lot of sensitivity to the way Hardy students are judged based on their behavior out of school.   I've seen it firsthand - an exuberant group of AA Hardy students outside of school is judged as being a bunch of thugs; a similarly exuberant group of white students from a different school is viewed completely differently - as a happy group of non-threatening middle schoolers.  It  happens again and again.

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So very true.  My kids are at Hearst and I hear that comment often from local parents who bring their kids to our playground and say they would never send their kids to the school because of the behavior they observe on the playground.  I truly wonder how many groups of elementary schools kids they've observed as a comparison.  I suspect it's not the "behavior" of the kids that bothers them, as much as they don't want to admit it to themselves.[/quote]

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