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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swear, if half the energy spent discussing Hardy were redirected toward improving other DCPS middle schools, none of this would matter.  People, IB Hardy parents choose private school for many reasons; quite frankly, they probably never even consider Hardy as a viable option.  They need way more than theoretical arguments to get them to do otherwise.  Some may shift, and that would be great, but the real way to do it is to stop being defensive about it.  Deal managed with a combination of a charismatic leader and the economy.  Other DCPS middle schools can do the same.  But not if everyone spins their wheels talking about uniforms, SES, and whatever else someone did to make them upset.  No way you will get more parents to choose Hardy if all you do is whine about how it's not given its due.  [/quote]

I agree completely about the defensiveness, but this is DC and I think there is a racial context to that also, which is more clear in the other Hardy threads and thankfully hasn't been the focus of this thread. Basically, people get upset because they see white people shunning a black school. I don't think that's fair, but again this is DC so we shouldn't be surprised that there would be a race aspect to the discussion.

But on your point about private school, the IB population is not monolithic. The huge houses with the tennis courts or pools, yeah, maybe never going to Hardy. But if you bought a modest house in Palisades during 2006-2010 it wasn't more expensive than IB for Deal, sub $800k for sure. There are plenty of IB people who are not rolling in money and would love to have a good public MS and HS option if they could.

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Fair enough.  I agree.  [/quote]

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