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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know.. some of the parents have reported a good experience so far. Somehow I feel like it’s one or two of them repeatedly reporting and magnifying the same issues.

On a different note, just went over the MCPS forum and the thread titles don’t portend a much rosier picture.. antisemitism, drugs, pedo, security issues..

One of the threads about a middle school has this:

“Documented incidents at the school include numerous fights and violent incidents have taken place this school year alone, plus repeated stink bombs and fires in the bathrooms. Additionally, this year, we had two separate BB gun incidents, as well as a knife brought to school. One could make a compelling case that the physical environment itself and its demoralizing condition contributes to discord and friction among students.”

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but they didn’t have band cancelled. [/quote]

Nor get randomly assigned to 'electives' like this year's 6th graders.

Lets be clear:  Hardy has a lot of things going for it -- a lot of nice, bright, and interesting teachers.  A bunch (not all, but lots) of capable and energetic teachers, sufficient if dark and worn space, a good PTO.  it was working better in tecent years than this year.

It is suffering this year from an absurd level of budget cuts, the principal transition, and whack DC/DCPS policies.  These things could get fixed, and hopefully they will be soon.  The fact that they have been a problem this year is disheartening and does not inspire confidence in Macarthur.  But the potential for DCPS to undo self-inflicted problems exists.[/quote]

the budgeting process is absolutely nuts. I don’t understand it at all. [/quote]

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