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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy already has some honors classes but perhaps what they need to attract significantly more IB students is to create a separate, full-fledged honors program, a dedicated academy within the school. Make it entirely merit-based, test-in, supplemented by transcripts and teacher recommendation and take only the top applicants. Provide extra enrichment, dedicated faculty and advisors for the honors program.  Have the honors program start at sixth grade with an additional on-ramp admission opportunity at the beginning of seventh for other high-performing students.  Once the honors program is up and running at Hardy, many IB parents would be flocking to get their kids in to a relatively small, elite academic program.  And junk the Hardy uniforms.... at a minimum get rid of them for the honors program.[/quote]Oh so basically what you want is a private school paid for by DC taxpayers.[/quote]

We want a great academic school supported by us DC taxpayers.   Hardy gets a grade of "F" for effectively serving the needs of its designated community service area. (What else do you call a score of 13, the percentage of IB kids at a pretty-modest sized school?)   There's no reason, with the proper focus an emphasis, that Hardy could not surpass Deal as Washington's preeminent public middle school program.  But it will never happen so long as stakeholders  continue to be invested in the status quo, even if only emotionally, and try to delude themselves and others that a barely 'good enough' school is wonderful.  [/quote]But what was described above is a private school, not Deal.[/quote]

No, what was is a dedicated program to attract and challenge the bright and well prepared students while dealing with the reality, as noted by a PP, that Hardy's student body is also characterized by a number of students who arrive at middle school significantly less well prepared and underachieving compared to grade level.  It's clear that in its present programmatic configuration Hardy will struggle to attract more kids in the first group.[/quote]

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