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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why not make Janney the lower school, then all kids feed to Hardy? [/quote]

I'm a Janney parent with a PK and 1st grader.

Part of me thinks this might be a great idea - the Janney parents are SO motivated and SO involved and I think that if we were going to Hardy along with Key, Mann, Stoddert... that maybe Hardy would become an "acceptable" school in the eyes of the WOTP people.  I grew up in CCDC, and have seen the schools evolve.  Eventually, this will happen to Hardy.  Is it sooner, or is it later?

On the other hand, much of the Janney zone is so close to Deal that this might happen to another school.  Maybe Layfayette to Unicorn Middle School (see DCUM lore) or Hearst?

Either way, I think something has got to give.  You can't keep cramming more and more kids into "desirable" elementary and middle schools.  It wasn't so long ago that these schools were not so desirable.  It's not out of the question that there is more positive change on the horizon.  I think Hearst is a great example of that.

And before you get on me, positive change doesn't mean EOTP vs WOTP, it means families who are really involved in the school and who are dedicated to their kid's educations.[/quote]
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A tempting thought, but read the Hardy threads sometime.  It's complicated.  DCPS wants more IB kids there, but there are other views that are wary of IB newcomers wanting to change Hardy too much, or changing Hardy more to attract more Ward 3 kids.  Hardy has been a safety valve for kids EOTP whose regular middle school options are not great.  Not only do parents of these kids (who view Hardy as being a quite "good enough" school) get annoyed at Ward 3 parents who discount Hardy as being unequal to Deal's quality, but they fear that if too many IB kids enroll, it will effectively cut off access to Hardy for families like them.  This tension makes me skeptical that change at Hardy will be anything other than very incremental.[/quote]

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