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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yawn.....[/quote]
Nobody's forcing you to read.[/quote]

I think that "Yawn" is a more polite version of "STFU."  Clearly the PP doesn't want to hear or read other points of view that are other than Hardy-affirming.[/quote]

No, I think the "yawn" is saying that after 42 pages, this is really tiring. [/quote]

It may be the case that the number of pages of this thread exceeds the number of in-boundary students who have chosen Hardy![/quote]

But not the number of IB students who have not chosen to go.

Hardy, the neighborhood school of perhaps the wealthiest neighborhood in DC, is being eschewed by its IB families.

Turning Hardy into a true neighborhood school shouldn't be so hard in the face of such obvious pent-up demand.  It shouldn't require a grassroots campaign by activist parents supported by the principal.  DCPS should simply do whatever it takes to get the IB families to come back.[/quote]

That may be your point of view so let me explain something.  Hardy is not meant to be a "true" neighborhood school.  I don't even want to go there, whatever true is supposed to mean.  Hardy is a splendid and shining resource for all of DC not just one neighborhood.  One city![/quote]

I appreciate your being so forthright, PP.

As I see it, there are two camps -- those who want to preserve the status quo and those who want to see Hardy become the next Deal.

In the status quo camp are people such are you who want to preserve access to "a splendid and shining resource for all of DC not just one neighborhood."  The status quo camp wants Hardy to remain, in essence, a DCPS run charter school with neighborhood preference.  Of course, this vision of Hardy implies high OOB numbers, i.e., 70% or higher.

In the Hardy is the next Deal camp are all the IB families who appreciate that Hardy renaissance will require the OOB numbers to drop to something close to the 30% it is at Deal.

These two camps have fundamentally incompatible visions for the future of Hardy, so only one camp can prevail.

Here's a thought:  Since the Hardy building is huge, perhaps DCPS should run two schools in one building -- Hardy IB and Hardy OOB.  Hardy IB will consist of only IB kids and kids from Hardy feeders, while Hardy OOB will be open to all of DC via lottery.  The IB and OOB kids would not take classes together or participate in extracurriculars together.  They share the building have almost no interaction.

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This is silly.  There is also a third camp - and believe me, they constitute the vast, vast majority of Hardy OOB families.  I am in this camp.   We don't care about any of this long-term debate about OOB/IB.   Our children are at the school for three years.  We want them to have a great learning experience, and the rest doesn't matter.   We don't have the time and the inclination to engage in the debate about what Hardy will look like in five, or even three years because our children will have moved on.

We ask that you not stereotype our children as poorly educated, misbehaving thugs.  We ask that they have the same opportunity and access to strong academic program as IB students.   Beyond that, we welcome all families who seek to make Hardy even better - whether they are IB or OOB - to Hardy.

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No, PP.  You're in the first camp. You want to preserve the status quo -- at least while your children benefit from it.[/quote]

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