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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are we talking about Hardy or DCPS? Doesn’t that make a huge difference? How widespread and nasty are these fights at Hardy’s? Nobody downplays violence when our kids may be affected. I just feel like we are not talking about the same thing.[/quote]

This thread is about Hardy.  My friend has her kid at a school in NoVa with similar demographics in terms of housing costs and there is nothing like what is going on at Hardy with daily fights, behavior issues in the classes, no specials, no PE, no issues with bathrooms, etc….

What world do people live in on here to say that this is just normal?  Seriously?  Maybe in a high poverty neighborhood, I don’t know.  But no way in a neighborhood where housing stock is 1.5-3 million plus. [/quote]

The fights at Hardy, which aren't daily, are among students who do not live in $1.5M+ homes.

My kid says that aside from the one awful episode a while ago of 2 older boys beating up a younger boy who was hurt, the fights are usually around lunch time and just boys hopping around with their fists up in position to box, calling each other names, surrounded by a crowd of students recording on their phones. Says it's just sad.[/quote]

I mean the bad fights happen because the little ones are tolerated. [/quote]
You know way more about little fights and big fights than my kid and I. 
What should the AP do to not tolerate the little fights and keep them from escalating into big fights? 
Are those fights the real reason why the indoor/outdoor lunch/recess flexibility started under the previous principal suddenly went away? We were told it was about littering and rodents. But was it actually for better control of those behavioral issues?
I'm told you can barely hear the person sitting next to you at lunch, because the cafeteria is so loud.    [/quote]

I've been in the cafeteria at lunch time, and it is oppressively noisy.  Just not a big enough room for all the people.  (Enough, if cramped, floor space, but no additional ceiling height.)  Enough to make anyone want to scream and run away.[/quote]

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