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Oh, my God, the drama. As if going to a just-okay middle school for three years is going to doom your child forever. You think your kid won't be able to keep up with the Deal kids once they all wind up at Wilson together? Have a little faith in yourself and your children. You can overcome this dreadful setback![/quote]

Is that really true, though?

How many IB Hardy kids place into the advanced classes at Wilson?  How many IB Deal kids place in?

DCPS does not publish IB/OOB breakdowns for the DC CAS.  However, vast majority of the white kids at both schools are probably IB, so let's use them as a proxy for IB:

74% of the white kids at Deal scored advanced in math on the DC CAS last year, but only 46% of the white kids at Hardy did.

52% of the white kids at Deal scored advance in reading on the DC CAS last year, but only 29% of the white kids at Hardy did.

Research suggests that sending middle class kids to high-poverty schools has a deleterious effect on the educational outcomes of those middle class kids, and the DC CAS results for Hardy appear to bear this out.[/quote]

So you think your child's DC CAS scores would be dragged down 20+% by attending Hardy vs Deal? No, of course not, because your kid came up through Stoddert or Hyde and is going to ace the DC CAS. And your kid will be able to get into advanced classes at Wilson. The idea that somehow YOUR child will be measurably injured by attending Hardy is absurd. Thank goodness there are increasing numbers of in-bounds families who know that their kids are not going to be hurt by their three years at Hardy. It's too bad you don't have the same confidence in your child.[/quote]

There's a slogan:  Hardy won't hurt you.[/quote]

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