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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do other DCPS schools require uniforms?  Why some and not others?  I dislike uniforms in private and public school, so I can't figure out why certain public school kids should have to wear them.[/quote]At Hardy, the families voted on whether or not to have uniforms. My kid was in 8th grade there when the vote was taken. I can't remember if we decided to vote since dd was graduating but as I recall we supported the idea. ~white professional OOB mom[/quote]

IMHO the uniforms send  a message that "we have to hold the reins very tight to maintain discipline in our urban school."  If this is the message -- among other challenges --  it any wonder that only 13% of the in-bounds population chooses Hardy?[/quote]

You are interpreting the uniforms this way because you are a racist.  There is no other explanation, unless you have the same reactions to the uniforms at St. Albans, Georgetown Prep, Holton Arms, and other lily-white schools[/quote]

How dare you call anyone a racist!  (And, moreover, you don't know what you're talking about because none of the schools you listed is "lily white.")  Perhaps you should leave your Black Panther world view back in the 60s, where it belongs.

Hardy, last I checked, is not a prep school.  There is a reason why urban schools have adopted school uniforms and it is not to emulate St. Albans or Eton.  It is rather a transparent attempt to instill discipline because the school authorities have concluded that discipline is sorely lacking.  Perhaps that was once the case at Hardy, but hopefully it is no longer.  But to the IB population that DCPS presumably wants to attract more of, it sends a very discordant message.  Just sayin.'[/quote]

Methinks we have found the prep school troll who regularly starts these Hardy IB threads to discourage potential families from enrolling at their IB school. [/quote]

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