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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you been to both schools? They feel very different to me. I looked into 3 classes at each open house -- the most notable difference was that the Hardy kids were engaged (asking questions, writing, standing, talking) and the Francis students were all looking at devices, in every class.

I also think Hardy accelerates up in math by one additional level compared to Francis. And Hardy had science labs, and I didn't see them at Francis (though this could be different in the new building.)
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What grade in Francis was this? I'm in the younger yrs currently and I think it's been a great experience thus far. Based on this it seems the only worthwhile MS in DC are Hardy, Deal, Basis on this forum. Good grief.

This is a rich comment also: 
"All DCPS schools use the same curriculum" is a unfortunately a fiction that parents are the worse DCPS schools tell themselves.

They do. Now how the teachers execute said curriculum is another story altogether. [/quote]

I think PP was also pointing out how every school offers different classes.  Hardy and Deal offer more advanced math classes than Francis.[/quote]

I have not been to both schools and full disclosure, I'm at a Francis feeder and plan to send my kid to Francis for middle, unless maybe they somehow get into Latin. However, I did a comparison of how kids like mine - white, not special ed, not EL - do in terms of math and reading at both Francis and Hardy. The achievement scores are remarkably similar and in fact I think Francis kids did better in ELA. (Deal's are higher in both subjects).

Does that make Francis and Hardy equivalent if you have a white non SPED kid - privileged population I know? Maybe not, but for me, it's close enough that I'm not driving to G-town or sending my kid to Basis if it's not a fit.

And yes, high school is a bigger problem at Francis, no question. Cardozo is awful and probably never going to be an option. More Francis kids end up McArthur than go there!  [/quote]

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