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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]0 kids from the past 2 5th grades at Mann went to hardy.

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2 kids from Key went to Hardy last year.  
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This is true.

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There honestly are a large number of parents from the Key district who would consider the Hardy-Wilson path as Hardy is on the upswing, but will not consider it if the path is, say, improving-Hardy-Cardozo.

As a Key parent, we bought on a wish that Hardy would continue on it's improving trajectory - but do feel for the Eaton parents who had their assumed pathway changed on them & they are now in the boat that Key/Mann/Hyde & Stoddert have been in for a long time.  (Understanding this is a different discussion than talking about #Eastof16thStreet issues vs. #Westof16thStreet issues).

Just FYI - the old Hardy school always seems like a nice solution, but until DCPS figures out a better solution for their special education care - taking away the contract from the Lab School, including their lease to the facilities - would basically bankrupt the entire system.

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The lease of the old Hardy School is not related to Lab's contract with DCPS. The lease was not even granted by the city, Lab purchased it from the bankruptcy court when the previous tenant, Rock Creek International School, went bankrupt.

Lab currently has around 75 students at the Hardy site. According to their application for a lease extension "almost 21%" of their students came from DCPS. The overwhelming majority of their students come from Maryland and Virginia. "Almost 21%" of 75 is 12 students, the special ed system may be struggling but I don't think 12 students either way is going to "bankrupt the entire system."

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I personally don't get the 'no way Ellington can be moved' even with the 'powerhouse' of PCCafritz and the decision to renovate - given all the other unrest that's going on with boundaries and so forth (the kids there use the Jelleff Field (now often called the Ellington Field)).

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The Jelleff field is different from the Ellington field. The Ellington Field is on Reservoir Road, the Jelleff field is on S Street at Wisconsin.
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