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[quote=Anonymous]People seem to be talking about the alternative to Hardy only in terms of private school. Latin and Basis (and perhaps other charters) are important variables too. I'd love to see the percentage of how many families IB for Hardy entered the lottery for their rising 5th graders. I'm going to guess it's in the 80-90% range. There is no financial cost to play the lottery and if you accept a spot that you win there is no financial cost in terms of tuition, so why not see how your child does and potentially expand your options? And inevitably a number of those families who are IB for Hardy will take the Latin or Basis option when offered, thus decreasing the 5th grade numbers at the Hardy feeder elementary (keep in mind those IB families can decide at any time that they want to go to Hardy. By enrolling at Basis, they don't relinquish their right to Hardy or the elementary feeder). And once that Hardy feeder school realizes they have lost x number of 5th graders, it may go to the waitlist to add children to 5th grade (in order to make enrollment and budget targets). And those children from the waitlist come to the school with unknown education histories. Some of those kids who join a Hardy feeder at 5th grade will be prepared and test well. Some may not. But this is for sure...they will be going to Hardy, because getting access to Hardy was likely a big reason why that family was willing to jump to a new elementary school for just one grade. So, know this...IB families at feeder elementaries will be looking at the 5th grade classes and trying to determine if those are kids they want their kids to be with in 6th grade. So it's not just about getting 5th grade families to make a pact to go to Hardy, it's about stopping the exodus after 4th grade.

And if you're IB for Hardy, you're automatically IB for Wilson, so you can leave the DCPS system for 3-4 years to attend a charter middle and then come back by right (if they don't want to do high school at the charter). That is not an option for a family like mine...we attend a Hardy feeder school OOB and if we want our children to have Wilson as an option, we have to commit to Hardy because if we leave for Latin or Basis, we take ourselves out of the feeder path. So are committed to going to Hardy because we are encouraged by what is going on there (thanks for affirming this plan, OP, with the data analysis)  and because we want Wilson to be an option for us.   [/quote]

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