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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy's problem is that there are WAY too many OOB kids who bring poverty, dysfunction, and generally pull down test scores. That's why IB families don't want to go there.[/quote]

I'm IB - we call it the "4th grade flight."  Hardy's students have too many social/personal issues for the school to be able to focus on academics.  I went to a similar public middle school (decades ago) and had to fight with my fists every day.  I didn't learn anything and had to take many private summer school classes and correspondence courses to make up for all the lost time.  I don't want to put my kids through that misery. I don't care what anybody else thinks about a middle school's "status", or about whether the students wear uniforms or not.  I just want my kids to get a good, basic education, and to be safe.  Based on my tours of the school and conversations with other parents, I am not convinced Hardy can provide a decent education in a safe environment for my kids.  Some IB parents make it work -- they are wonderful people, and their kids are fantastic.  I don't think I could make it work for my kids.[/quote]

Please note that "we do not make it work". Hardy just works great by itself. None of the available alternatives, regardless of the cost, would have given our DC the education and the individualized attention he is receiving from the Hardy teachers. DC has been happy, engaged and motivated from day 1. And the second sixth term is going even better, with the start of pre-algebra math for qualifying kids (class size: 13 kids) and SEM (class size: 7 kids).

I do not know what kind of kids you have and their peculiarities, but the education mine are receiving is not decent, is of the highest standards (and the environment is very safe, not even worth commenting on the safety/discipline aspects). However I agree, the school works at its best for high caliber kids, who have access to honors classes and even further differentiation in the second term (such as the pre-algebra course which opens the way to algebra in grade 7). If your kids are not up to the challenge, you'd better pass.

It is working great by itself. We are not making it work.[/quote]

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