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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frankly, and no offense, but Key is not really relevant to the improvement at Hardy. Changes at Hardy will be led by Stoddert and Mann. None of the Mann parents are revising their opinions based upon whether Key families find Hardy acceptable. (That sounds harsh; I don't mean it to be harsh.)

I don't know what's happening at Stoddert, but familiarity with Pride should mitigate some of the inevitable bumps in the road. I assume -- repeat, assume -- takeup at Hardy from Stoddert will continue rising, perhaps precipitously.

I had long thought that Stoddert would have to do it alone. Mann is devoting a lot of resources to making Hardy more acceptable to in-boundary families. It's not clear that Mann will be one of the leaders of the movement to Hardy. [/quote]

Agreed that Stoddert will be the bellwether.  Unpersuaded that Key is any more or less influential than Mann in terms of convincing larger cohorts of high SES IB families to attend.  I don't think that either the Mann community or the Key community is collectively holding its breath, waiting to see what the other will do. What will get more Mann families going to Hardy is . . . more Mann families going to Hardy. And what will get more Key families going to Hardy is, likewise, more Key families going to Hardy.  Hopefully, if enough Stoddert families choose Hardy, both the Mann and Key communities will be inspired to give it a try.

Signed, Key mom [/quote]

Another Key mom -- we are keeping our eye on the academic performance at Hardy and also if a cohort of children's classmates also going to be going.  So far, it looks like Stoddert and Mann have had more success in getting a set of children to all attend together - moving as a group' from their schools, but there has been some incremental movement at Key also (there have been clusters of Key kids going to Basis - and those who lottery into Latin -- so there's a significant number of Key kids going to public for MS in one way or another).  I think if the trends continue of scores going up at Hardy (from kids from all of the feeder schools combined attending (from whichever of the feeders, I don't think there's any stronger 'influence' if those kids are from Stoddert, Mann, Eaton and/or Hyde)), more families with children moving IB, and it gets harder to lottery into Latin (from the competition from all the other parents staying in the city in charters & the Hill around the city), more and more Key parents will consider it.  This year, Key's 5th grade is 36 students (more than a class worth's of kids dropped off from 4th to 5th, but that's almost two full classes remaining that didn't go private or charter in 5th) -- so 50% would be 18, which would be a jump for Key representation!!  And there's increasing numbers of overall school attendance at Key, Mann and Stoddert, so the rising enrollment tide raises the overall potential of higher Hardy #s in coming years.
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