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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most are concerned with academic proficiency, but is it so wrong to want your child to go to school with at least some kids -- whatever race -- who live in your neighborhood?  For me, part of the reason for opting public school over private is the benefit of going to a neighborhood school.  OOB kids can certainly fit into that picture, but if a school is largely OOB, then you completely lose the benefits of a neighborhood school.  My DC LOVED walking to Eaton with neighborhood friends and also having playdates with IB and OOB friends, but without an IB cohort, it just would not have been the same.  I don't think it makes me a racist to want to send my child to a school with some neighborhood connection.[/quote]

This is not an unreasonable position, and no, it does not make you a racist.

But if you expect middle school to be like elementary school, you are going to be disappointed.  [b]The whole point of middle school is to be a bigger playing field than elementary school.[/b]   Your middle school will be less neighborhoody than your elementary school; your high school less neighborhoody than your middle school.

Also, you are ignoring a very important benefit of Hardy.   I'm a former Hardy parent; DC was an IB student there, and one of the most valuable parts of going to Hardy was being with kids from all over the city.  Getting to know those kids made DC a better student, better person, and more prepared for high school and college.   [/quote]

I assume that the PP was not speaking literally, because in fact Hardy's playing field is smaller than those at some elementary schools in NW.[/quote]

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