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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sick and tired of all the bashing and trashing on Hardy.  I'm sorry that in boundary families don't have access to your precious Deal, but where do you get off turning your nose up at a school that is good enough for the rest of us and better than other middle schools in DC?  I'm ok if more neighborhood families come to Hardy, but it will continue to get better and better even without your kids and their great test scores, so I won't cry if you don't.  Like Dr. Henderson said, it's a free country and you can move out of DCPS if it doesn't work for you.   But if you come to Hardy,don't act all entitled and expect to start running things and change everything like the uniforms or demand stuff like Ancient Greek or whatever. Lots of parents are happy with the school today.[/quote]
I was with you, up until the bit about [i]if you do decide to join us, don't you dare attempt to improve on the status quo[/i]. Why does mobilizing for change = acting all entitled? And how is uncritical acceptance of a school's current state ever a benefit to the school community? [/quote]

She/he does have a point. I am Hardy IB mom but I know what she/he is talking about: the legitimate fear of an entitlement attitude which confines with threats that we sometimes hear from IB prospective parents ("If and when my kid will be in, I wanna see the uniforms disappear before the school year ends").

I would love to see more IB kids in the school but just because this would make playdates and hanging out easier for my kid ("see you at the Jelleff pool", "see you to play tennis at the school court" etc) Besides this, I am very happy with the more laid back mod of the school, compared to my upbeat IB elementary schools and all the paranoia of fundraising, Box Tops, 5 emails/day from school/teacher/parents/PTO.   Academically my kid is thriving, is growing as a mature, aware and critical thinker, and fast math processor thanks to the SEM/advanced math classes. Honestly I prefer this mix, than next year's potentially even larger wave of IB parents, who will immediately launch their SurveyMonkey to abolish uniforms (I love uniforms too and for my kid uniform is not even an issue) . [/quote]

The commitment to raise funds should not be associated with paranoia:  it's hard work and is necessary for improving the school.  Indeed, it's how every-day folks improve their lot in life.  It's how you take an acceptable situation and make it amazing.  If I were a Hardy parent, I would look forward to raising money, box tops, emails, and everything else necessary to meet that end.  Yes, emotions are a natural result of hard work; but I don't think it's helpful to put such a spin on it; and frankly is disrespectful to the wonderful feeder school you came from.[/quote]

That's a good reason for more IB families at Hardy, who will be looked to for fundraising.[/quote]

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