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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it worthwhile discussing why the IB percent at Hardy is only 13%, when within a day or two we will know the new IB percent, which will likely be higher? [/quote]

Whether its 13 percent or 16 percent the lingering question about Hardy is why it is so shockingly low.[/quote]

If you think Hardy is shockingly low then you must have just moved your kid here from Andover.  We use different comparables to arrive at "shock value" -- such that Hardy is considered to be pretty OK, not shocking whatsoever.[/quote]

It's shocking that 87 percent of the IB school population doesn't choose Hardy.  Why not.[/quote]

They need to do what they did on Capitol Hill, get together and pledge to attend Hardy:

http://chpspo.org/about-2/

Just read about this in the Natalie Wexler article that was linked in another thread:

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/24018/anxious-about-the-new-school-boundaries-here-are-some-things-to-consider/

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Exactly, when the IB parents form a cohort and pledge to go, then the school will start to get better.  Until then, it's just not a very good school.    And while I would not focus on uniforms in making my decision, I have to admit they are offputting to me.  [/quote]

Ha.  Really what will happen is that they will all pledge to go - and then apply to Latin, Basis, privates, or move.   On the first day of school a few suckers will find that they are the only ones who believed the pledge.[/quote]

some thoughts:

1) Capitol Hill has a problem of multiple MSs with high OOB and no critical mass. That won't happen WOTP because there is only one MS still accepting OOB in grade 6: Hardy. And the high-performing schools WOTP that don't feed to Deal all feed to one MS: Hardy. The Hill problem just doesn't exist for Hardy.

2) The pledge might not be to attend next year. It might be among grade 2-3 parents to publicly demand specific changes on a 2-3-year period, and then attend. Not just petitioning the principal, but also chancellor, DC council, mayor. If IB parents got together and did this, it would get results.

3) A neighborhood school welcomes all comers up to capacity, but it belongs to the neighborhood first. It's completely legitimate for neighborhood parents to make demands of the school and shape its direction in order to improve appeal to IB families and increase IB participation. The only people who could possibly be against this are prospective grade 6 OOB parents. Current OOB and those OOB at a feeder are unaffected, and everyone else, from IB families to DC govt would be supportive. One thing that came through loud and clear in the whole DME process is support for neighborhood schools, and that means high-IB.

4) The "threat" of charters and even independents for MS is exaggerated. I don't know anyone who is considering or has chosen KIPP. Maybe that's just who I know. I have heard of some people considering Latin or BASIS because they are not IB for Deal but all would choose Deal. I do know some people who are hanging their hats on the potential of DCI, but they are candid about the risk of the unknown. If Hardy achieves majority-IB then it will eat these charters' lunches, not the other way around. A majority-IB Hardy would even steal from the best privates, as Deal now does. Not everyone who can afford private really wants to do it. If you have a great public option you can find lots of other uses for that money.

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