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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another IB homeowner family already at Hardy and with younger son at Stoddert ready to join the "In-Boundary Families for Uniforms at Hardy".[/quote]

[b]The uniforms are a little too "urban inner city" for our family's taste[/b].[/quote]

This is funny.  When my kids were in elementary at a "posh" public in McLean and there was a push for uniforms, the thought was that it was too snooty.  [/quote]

If you look at the Hardy threads, it seems that the history of public school uniforms connotes something very different than private school uniforms.  [/quote]

It all depends where you sit.[/quote]

Yes, for some IB parents, the sight of children of various races/ethnic groups all dressed alike attending school in a majority white neighborhood is too much for their sensibilities.[/quote]

No, but they wonder if Hardy has, or has had, deep discipline problems of the type that urban public school uniforms are supposed to remedy.[/quote]

This is our perception.[/quote]

Given this baggage (or at least persistent questions about the uniforms/stringent dress code), you'd think that Hardy would just drop them.  Symbols are important, and nothing would say turning the page, particularly for prospective IB families, like getting rid of the uniforms.[/quote]

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