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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There certainly ARE enough kids IB for Hardy to feed it full.  More than enough.  But most of these kids aren't staying in the feeder schools past 3rd or maybe 4th grade.  Add up the number of kids in 3d grade, in the feeder schools, and will see the number of eventual 6th graders you get.

Many if not most of the parents who yank their kids after 3rd have the means to assure their kids a top quality middle school education.  They want their kids' peer group to be in America's future elite, and they are not going to risk a "what if" or "maybe" chance that Hardy develops in that direction.  Hardy's population is going to have to tip even further in the direction of "elite peer group" before these parents commit to 4th and 5th grade.[/quote]

OK, here's your homework:

Add up the third graders in the Hardy feeders. Then add up the third graders in the Deal feeders. Compare to the size of the respective sixth grades. Report back when you see that Deal has roughly twice as many kids in its feeders relative to its size as Hardy. Not every kid in the Deal feeders goes to Deal, and Deal is 35% OOB. If Hardy had the same retention rate as Deal it would still be majority OOB.[/quote]

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