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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think having a principal who does/cares about outreach is a good first step.  Offering music, foreign language, extracurriculars/sports and especially an enrichment program matter too.  But honestly what seems to be working is that there is a school that

a) has room for lots more in-bounds kids
b) is a destination school for elementaries that have a growing in-bound percentage 
c) has a boundary with a very high-income and highly-educated population

and the families can no longer get into Deal out of bounds

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To attract IB families, Hardy also has to address its athletic facilities issues, particularly fields.  I was walking by there this weekend.  Most of the school yard seems to have been given over to a parking lot that is used for flea markets.  The playing field, if you can call it that, is a kind of "mini-me" embarrassing imitation that is 25-30% the size of a regulation soccer field.[/quote]

The parking lot is not used for flea markets. It is used by school teachers and administrators (Georgetown has a 2 hrs limit parking for non residents).

The City rents it out on Sundays for the flea market.[/quote]

Lots of public schools don't provide off street parking.  The streets around John Eaton are all resident-zoned, for example.  Given the limited space, I would think the right decision is for student recreation facilities to take precedence over administrators' convenience.  But I guess we shouldn't be surprised at what is DCPS' priority.[/quote]

I think that attracting and keeping quality teachers needs to be a higher priority than sports.  A school without parking or metro access is going to struggle with that.  There are plenty of places where middle schoolers don't have the option of school sports at all.  MCPS offers nothing for sixth grade and very little for 7th and 8th and their kids seem to do fine with finding options in the community.  On the other hand, there's no substitute for high quality teachers.  [/quote]

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