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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh, lots of kids at Deal get cut after tryouts for sports cause there are not enough spots for interested students. For high school I understand that but in middle school most students should be accommodated If they have the interest. Just too many kids.  And if my athletic Hardy kid wants to play a sport that is not offered at Hardy he will try out for the deal team because that is permissible. And I would add that school sports are not the gold standard anymore. It's all about leagues and travel teams now.  And finally, the mayor and chancellor made a big deal about how they were investing in all middle schools this upcoming school year to increase sport offerings. Anyway, not sure sports is the best argument why Deal is great and Hardy is not. [/quote]

Then you would think that Hardy would expand its sports offerings to compete with Deal in these circumstances.

Not.[/quote]

The year I spent listening to the Hardy principal when our DC was an IB feeder 5th grader, and then as the smiling head-nodding "current parent" to other IB feeder 5th grade parents, she just kept comparing the Hardy schedule, size, clubs etc to Deal. She is an excellent sales person. In reality we were experiencing horrible mediocrity and expectations to rise to... mediocrity. The only exception is that Hardy has just as many (may even have had more) District-wide overall and division science fair winners as Deal even though the student body is far smaller. Of course I never actually heard that from the principal herself or read about it in her endless self-absorbed "Middle School Moments" (usually about her sons who attend a private boys school - the last one was about buying her son's last blue blazer and tuxedo for prom - how many Hardy families will be BUYING a tuxedo for their 17yo?!). Anyway, there is a mile-long list of reasons why sports cannot be added or clubs or courses. The school finally added a student council midway through this academic year and a new 7th grade English teacher who started in January is organizing a play for the first time. Maybe a yearbook or student newspaper might happen at some point (or...not). [/quote]

The science fair highlights one of the huge drawbacks of Deal's size: for every such event or competition, Deal is only allowed to send the same number of kids as every other school, even though Deal is the size of 4 or 5 of them. So if a school can send 4 kids to an event, you have a 1:25 chance at Hardy and a 1:125 chance at Deal. Same with sports teams. The coaches say they could field 2 or 3 competitive teams, but are only allowed to have one. This city is unbalanced and it is hurting kids everywhere.[/quote]

I recently heard that Deal has three baseball teams.  Is that accurate?  I was under the impression that this meant three school teams, but perhaps I misunderstood and the person who told me meant there are three Little League teams of deal kids? [/quote]

Yes there are 3 at Deal - baseball squads A, B and C. That means ~45-54 kids can play. [/quote]

I think they had multiple teams in other sports as well.[/quote]

Which?[/quote]

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