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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally know of 4 Hardy kids who got an interview (my kid is not one of them, has a 4.0, and a sibling at Walls, which I know likely doesn't matter). I wonder if the middle schools were told how much weight recommendations would carry - and I hope there was some effort to ensure consistent approach across Hardy teachers - but who knows.[/quote]

We all know the answer to that question: no.[/quote]

Exactly. Asked my kid's math teacher  soon after the lottery launched. She responded that she would do it. Weeks went by. Then she sent out a persnickity message to families a day or two before the lottery closed basically saying "back off. If I told you I'd do it, I'll do it. I won't accept any more requests, go to another teacher.  My deadline is not tomorrow, it's 2/9. I have to do these during my own time". She was clearly very much resenting this load of unpaid work, which I don't blame her for. But parents had no choice. It was a requirement. The union needs to take this up with MySchoolDC, SWW and other application schools and compensate the teachers for their time.  Don't take it out on the families. It was not made clear in the online application that we could ask my child's 7th grade math teacher. Besides the teacher committed to doing it so I had to trust it would happen. Well, My kid's letter was submitted a few hours before her deadline. I'm guessing it wasn't all that thoughtful. No interview offer. Oh well. Bad, subjective process dependent upon a teacher actually being committed to doing right by the kids. [/quote]

I could've written this. My kid has the same teacher. I had a thoughtful conversation with her at the PTC about the application process and she gave every indication that she would provide a strong letter. We designated her as a recommender in MySchool early in January so that she had ample notice and yet she completed it at the very last minute. In retrospect, I wish we had gone with the 7th grade teacher. [/quote]

Ditto. Even my kid's English teacher who left Hardy midyear was able to get his letter submitted early.  [/quote]

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