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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I'm not denigrating you for thinking Hardy is not good enough, I'm denigrating you for denigrating current and future students based on nothing more than where they live.

Again, not the PP you're addressing.[/quote]

Get off the denigrating-because-of-where-they-live trope. It's not about where they live; it's about all of the things that are correlated with where they live. OOB is just short-hand for "less likely to be in a stable family situation; less likely to be prepared." Note that it does not mean "less likely to be intrinsically intelligent." One may believe that, but it is surely open to much more debate than the previous two correlates.

The correct response to my claim (above) about the correlates is that the OOB kids attending JKLM, Hardy, Deal, etc. are likely a self-selected bunch that scores well on the "Stable family" and "Preparedness" scales. I personally subscribe to this response (while simultaneously subscribing to the "OOB is shorthand for correlates" mantra). Now, if we start talking about lotteries and busing and what-not, then you can no longer make the self-selection argument. [/quote]

I've tried several different approaches--studiously avoiding race--to explaining my quandary and query as a potential OOB parent.  Here it is in a nutshell:  If my child is OOB at one of Hardy's feeder schools--that is, attending school west of the park from Pre-K through 5th grade, is he going to have [i]the challenge of OOB stigma[/i] attached to him throughout?  A stigma that would follow him to Hardy?

I've said nothing about his race, so you don't need to consider it in the question nor insult me further with any of your own assumptions.  But please understand that if you continue with the argument that a Hardy "turnaround" can only be accomplished by [b]eliminating OOB students[/b] (and that's the phrase used several times over) , then I've got real and justified concern about an articulated bias--not just perceived--against my child.

Capiche?  If there's a way I should rethink that, please let me know.[/quote]

I can't speak specifically about how your kids would be treated as OOB students at Hardy. But I have two kids at Deal, where 30 percent of students are OOB. My experience is that these middle school students don't know or care where their classmates live. They care about whether their classmates are nice or mean, are well-behaved or disruptive, and are good or bad partners to work with on group projects. [/quote]

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