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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a taxpayer and parent, I fail to see why it’s a problem if for the first few years MacArthur fills up with kids who want a smaller school with more limited options, while J-R continues to be the go-to school for kids who crave the experience of a 40-person AP class in a school operating at 1.5x capacity. That certainly seems more reasonable than paying a teacher to sit in an empty classroom marked “AP Italian.”[/quote]

Well, we are an Italian-speaking family IB for Wells/Coolidge who will be playing the lottery for Hardy, and from convos in our weekend heritage classes, we are not the only ward 4/5 families willing to make the drive for Hardy but unable to move IB. The assumption that there are no high-performing, language literate kids outside of the Hardy/Deal catchment is so classist… [/quote]

Sorry to give offense. It was my understanding that the 8th graders taking Italian at Hardy typically don’t take AP Italian [i]in 9th grade[/i], so it wouldn’t make sense to offer the course in a [i]9th-grade-only[/i] school. Of course I expect the school will grow into it.[/quote]

9th graders may not take AP Italian.  But what about when the are 10th or 11th graders but there are no 12th graders yet?

Math is a better example.  What about the ~10 9th graders needing Algebra II?  Will they get that in Year 1, as well as the ensuing classes in years after?  DCPS needs to commit to this, or these students will choose elsewhere.[/quote]

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