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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, let me get this straight: if someone drives their child across the city to attend DCI, they are a motivated parent who will contribute significantly to the school and who has an investment in their child's education, right?  But if someone drives their child across the city to attend Hardy, they are interlopers who will bring the test scores down, right?

I've never understood the inherent contradiction identified above.  Why is OOB automatically bad?  IMHO, Eaton was turned around by motivated OOB parents, who are now no longer welcome at the school now that they made it cool.[/quote]

My (IB) kids went to Eaton.  Many of the OOB parents were great, but others were resistant to adding enrichment programs and other offerings.  They were afraid that it would attract more IB kids and displace OOB kids over time.[/quote]

I have been at Eaton for 5 years and am an IB parent.  I can not speak to what happened prior to our arrival but our experience has been that the OOB parents are just as involved if not even more so than the IB parents.  I have never heard of anyone OOB that has not supported enrichment programs.  Eaton is a great school and with an amazing community.  The OOB families are a very strong part of our community. [/quote]

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