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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]True, all of Hardy is smaller than a single grade at Deal. 10% of a Deal grade would fill two full classrooms. So of course most of the kids are from Deal.

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Obviously. But if the numbers given by Hardy are accurate, only 10% of the kids at Hardy are on the advanced math track. Yet 31% scored a 4 or 5 on the PARCC tests. Why are only a third of those kids in advanced math? Do the other two-thirds of those kids need some focused extra help? More motivation? A different teaching approach? A different internal assessment approach?

Kids who aren't in advanced math as they leave middle school may find doors closed to them. Although I clearly had math aptitude, I went to a rural middle/high school in the south, where advanced math just wasn't an option. I spent years trying to catch up to my peers who had better pre-college opportunities. I'm looking for a better start for my kids and for all of our kids.

A school wanting to position itself as one of the top middle schools in the city should not be content to have 90% of its kids in regular or below-grade math. 
I'd like to know that Hardy thinks this is an issue and has a plan to move forward. It's a lost opportunity for ALL Hardy students, regardless of whether they are out-of-boundary, from a feeder school, or in-boundary.

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