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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So  - we got an IB charter school parent complaining hardy is not good enough for the IB families, vs someone arguing it should not be for IB families.

In a thread asking HOW MANY IB are actually going - and the data we have so far - the best till count day - indicates a big increase in IB families (by either definition) - Hardy is well on its way to overcoming the prisoners' dilemma.

Do arguments always lag data?  Is it that people get stuck in modes of arguing?

Who will be more unhappy when Hardy has flipped - the folks defending the idea that Hardy is "meant" to be a mostly OOB school, or the charter families defending their decision? [/quote]

IB charter parent here.  I will be very happy if/when Hardy flips.  Our younger DC could attend the new and improved Hardy if the change is fast enough.

Even if Hardy doesn't flip in time for younger DC, a new and improved Hardy would probably increase the value of our house.[/quote]

Unlikely.  Parts of the catchment are too wealthy to ever consider Hardy.  They either don't have children or their children attend private school.  Whatever is left would be better served at Latin/Basis/DCI.

The demographics are staring you in the face and laughing.  The real estate around Hardy is simply too expensive for the kind of young families that chose public middle schools.  [/quote]

You don't understand the dynamics you're trying to describe. First off, you're wrong. There are plenty of homes in Spring Valley and Wesley Heights that send their kids to public school. Sure, there are many more that do this for elementary school, but plenty still do for later grades as well. (I know. I live there.) Don't take it from me: you can look at the maps yourself (http://edu.codefordc.org/#!/neighborhood/13). (Moreover, any discussion of the attrition between ES grades and MS ignore the Hardy effect. It really is a chicken-and-egg problem.)

Second, the effect on home prices happens at the margin. Private school for two kids is over $40k per year. That's about the cost of a $1m mortgage. So, as long as one new entrant is willing to spend their private school tuition on a home, instead, then the home can support a considerably inflated price. It doesn't matter if the bulk of resident avail themselves of private school. [/quote]

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