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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been reading this post since it first started in the summer and I just cannot figure out why so many (?) people seem hell bent on trashing this school.

We're IB for it, though middle school is 7 years away for us. It is highly likely our child will attend, barring any unforeseen circumstances. There seems to be room for improvement, just like in every single public school I attended (system consistently ranked in the top 5 in the state I came from) but that seems universal to all schools, DC included.

Where does all this ire arise from in regards to this particular school?  Because of some actions under a different DME? Because of a perception of inferiority (I still don't get the purpose of the continuous bashing in this case.) Something else I'm just missing? [/quote]

As an IB family with a Hardy student, I think the negatives come from two seemingly contradictory facts:  you have a very interested and very involved cohort of parents in the Hardy feeders - but they actually know very little about Hardy.   Most decide not to go there with little actual knowledge of the school - they know that there is a low IB %, they decide early that they are going to move, go private, or go charter, and they never seriously consider Hardy or visit the school or even talk to a parent with a student there.  All they know is rumors and facts from 5-year old controversies that have nothing to do with Hardy today.   So those falsehoods and old bits of news get passed around, exaggerated, and voila - a perfect storm of innacurate yet terrible news about Hardy.[/quote]

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