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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids are better able to focus if they know they will have good outside time regularly. Proper outside space and after school programming utilizing thatspace is noticed by prospective families and, ye, teachers.[/quote]

Sports are not the be all and end all.  However, along with academic rigor,a strong curriculum, an atmosphere conducive to study and learning and a robust extracurricular program, including sports, Hardy is not going to attract families who believe that Deal has superior offerings.  If DCPS believes that free, off-street parking is so important to attract staff, then it should put the parking underground to preserve and expand student athletic space.  This is what Janney did.  Is Hardy not as worthy?

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Please, can you refrain from posting when you do not know what we are talking about? Just go and post to a different topic.

First, many (but not all!) of the IB families increasingly heading to Hardy have no access to Deal. So the first half of your message is nonsense.

secondly, underground parking in an old (beautiful!) building in the hearth or Georgetown such as Hardy's is not an option. Take a look yourself to understand that, and understand why the site is different from the Janney's pre-renovation site. It is not only basic cost-effectiveness principles, but also additional considerations  (where would you host the huge machinery for digging and consolidating the underground parking? You are in the middle of Georgetown!! Would you suggest to tear down and reduce to a working site for 2 years all of the outdoor available space? Janney was able to kept its outdoor facilities in the Wisconsin side functional during the renovations. Hardy would not. Go and take a look please. Or if you just want to shoot messages , go to the "Going Out" or personal stuff section of the site.

Bottom line. Hardy's outdoor facilities are very good, and they are great if you consider that the school is a downtown school and in the middle of Georgetown The British school, just across the street, has a fraction of the sport indoor and outdoor facilities that Hardy has.

One hour or physical ed. a day, 5 DAYS A WEEK, is only one of the great offerings of the school. If you want unlimited space for outdoor playing, then go to the suburbs. We have chosen to live in the City.
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I know families who are in the dual-feeding area of Spring Valley and who are opting this year for Hardy instead of Deal. Smaller numbers (Hardy has 1/4 of Deal population), stronger accountability of teachers and kids. Higher control and security of the school facilities. Great and unique music program (which , finally, does not take away anything from the more traditional rigorous academic subjects, which are now the priority -- used to be the other way round in older times).
I include the uniquely beautiful location (which I know, matters more to me than to the average parents...).

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Ok, let's not go crazy here. There is no boundary overlap in Spring Valley. Those families are IB for Hardy unless they randomly chose to send their kids to a Deal feeder. Security isn't an issue at either school though Hardy has a much higher suspension rate than Deal. And I have no idea what you are talking about with teacher accountability?!?! And yes, if one of your requirements for your child's middle school is a "uniquely beautiful location".....well um, ok, good for you? 
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Wrong. Upper east side of Mass Avenue , before Ward Circle, feeds into both Deal and Hardy. [/quote]

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