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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A lot of complaints you hear on Hardy have to do with feeder school families/IB families feeling entitled to honors track. Instead, the equivalence IB = honors track is not endorsed by the teachers.[/b]

Be aware that the resistance to admit more students to the accelerated path comes from the teachers , not from the Principal. Hardy math teachers make clear all the time that they would accelerate students only when a student has the skills and drive to master the next level. Ms Bax explained in more than one occasion that class misplacement in math can adversely and permanently affect individuals confidence in their math abilities and cause fear, and closure towards the subject. And she does not want that for any of her students.[/quote]

Really? You don't think many of Hardy's out-of-boundary students are ready and eager for the challenge of being on the advanced math track? I find it very hard to believe that the only complaints about this are from "entitled" in-boundary parents. Maybe you need to talk to some different parents?

Of course no one is entitled to be on the advanced math track. But a feeder middle school with only 10% of its graduates ready for the advanced math track at their by-right high school is doing something wrong. Any feeder school should aspire to graduate kids ready for the best that the next school has to offer. Not sure that Hardy admin really believes this or even has a plan to make progress in this area. Why sell kids short?

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