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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy is going to be fine. Frankly, Wilson is going to be one of the reasons for Hardy's continued ascension.

Just a few years ago, Wilson was not concerned a very desirable high school. Was it fine? Sure. Good enough? Maybe. But it was not a destination (the way Deal is now). That's changing. Wilson is on the verge of becoming a destination school that can compete with the MoCo HSs.

How does this relate to Hardy? Without Wilson being a destination, Mann and Key parents knew they were going to send their kids to private for HS. There was little point to go to Hardy just to pull the kids three years later. But once Wilson becomes an highly desirable destination school, the calculus becomes very different. Soon parents will figure Hardy is fine enough for three years given that they're going to keep their kids in Wilson. And shortly thereafter Hardy will be a destination school too.

I think Wilson is about two years from being truly desirable. It is fine already. Hardy is probably a year or two behind that. It is also good enough already, but soon it will become a destination school as well. [/quote]

Good point--a slow, bottom-up evolution.

-not a Hardy booster; Deal feeder parent[/quote]

Thank you. I realized it when thinking about what I'm going to do with my children soon. I was inclined towards Hardy already, but I was mistakenly viewing the Hardy and Wilson decisions in isolation. If you decide "yes" on Wilson, you will decide "yes" on Hardy too. That tipped the scales for me since I expect that I will decide "yes" on Wilson at the appropriate time. (For the record, we're IB for Mann. Until last year I was expecting to put both kids in Sidwell or similar for 7 years each.)

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