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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope DCI will be a great school in 9 years but it is not established yet. Test scores aren't great, lots of behavior problems. We will be looking at other options for DC, including Hardy.[/quote]

DCI is about 2 years old?  So, it has time to grow.

The best thing that happened to Hardy, is kicking in Eaton (and the Oyster families who don't want to deal with Adams).  Those decisions in and of themselves will improve the school.[/quote]

Uh no. Eaton was already very high OOB so yeah you may have some OOB feeder kids (smart I'm sure), but you don't have a spike in Eaton catchment kids going to Hardy. The best thing to happen to Hardy in the concerted effort families from Stoddert, Mann, and yes some Eaton have made to improve Hardy and commit to going. Of the schools, I'd say Stoddert has largest role. Stoddert has some of the highest scores in the city (higher than some JKLM) and they bring a diverse cohort of kids. Those families' commitment is making a big difference IMO. Eaton being moved hasn't been felt yet.[/quote]

But aren't the younger grades at Eaton almost all IB?[/quote]

Yes but currently almost all of Stoddert is IB. The pp said Eaton is the best thing to happen to Hardy and I'm arguing Stoddert is/will play just as big a role, if not more, than Hardy's success. I'm not at Stoddert but never understand why they don't get much love here. [/quote]

Some may think Eaton is the best thing to happen to Hardy.  However, there are many in the Eaton community who feel quite strongly that the forced switch from Deal to Hardy was the worst thing to happen to Eaton.[/quote]

Being that Eaton was barely in double digits for IB, it's hardly a compelling argument. [/quote]

Well that's just a bald faced lie. When was Eaton around 10% IB? Certainly no time near when it was moved to Hardy.[/quote]

Unfortunately, Eaton remains only 40% IB, which puzzles many of its supporters.  It's hard to be a neighborhood school with those numbers.  Hopefully, the IB-OB balance will shift, but the Hardy switcheroo doesn't help efforts to get more IB enrollment.[/quote]

Well, the new data says it is now 50% IB. So your data is old. I think we were 46% last year. Climbing numbers don't seem to suggest to me that the change has had an impact. We'll see. But I've talked to many of the parents in my child's class and everyone I've talked to, of those who aren't Embassy families since they will leave before middle school, all are planning on Hardy. [/quote]

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