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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll be the lone dissenter and say I have no faith in DCPS creating a high school out of nothing and will not be offering my child at Hardy now as a Guinea pig. We have submitted applications far and wide to get our child in a different place.

Also, Hardy sucks this year. The lack of anything other than academic classes and the daily fights among students plus locked bathrooms and locker rooms, we are done if at all possible. [/quote]

NP. I was planning on sending my child to Hardy because I figured that I could supplement what the school was lacking in extracurriculars for less than the $50k it would cost for private school.  However, what you’ve said is alarming.  I refuse to send my child to a school where bathrooms are locked so kids don’t get assaulted (or sexually assaulted!).  Is this really happening???  I thought I would have heard about it. [/quote]

I have a 6th grader and neither she nor any of her friends are worried about any of that bathroom stuff. She hasn't mentioned witnessing fights in a few months, so it might be an older grade phenomenon that will age out if the current enrollment trends continue. [/quote]

You are delusional.  Then your 6th grader aren’t telling you what is really going on.  Ignorance is not bliss. [/quote]

You sound unhinged. It’s middle school. There will be drama. The school and the kids can handle it. You need to cam down. It isn’t elementary anymore. This is how your kids will get some independence and ability to negotiate spaces without you hovering over everything. I am not worried about my child’s safety and they are doing fine at Hardy. Stop with your hysterical nonsense.[/quote]

DP. I don’t know exactly what is happening at Hardy, but stop pretending that violence is normal, that lack of art and music are normal. DCPS truly sells parents on low expectations, it’s nuts. [/quote]

There have been cuts, but there is a music program. Also it’s not “violence” it’s kids getting in fights. Happens at most schools. It’s reality not low expectations. Especially after the trauma of the past few years. They are dealing with it. Seriously. This is not elementary school! You need to grow up. I feel bad for your kids.[/quote]

No, it does not happen at most schools that kids regularly get pummeled. That’s your extremely low expectations talking. I feel bad for your kids (all kids) that you think tolerating violent atmosphere is an appropriate response to “trauma.”[/quote]

Can you stop hijacking this thread with your hysterics please? It is about MacArthur. Stay on topic.

If you must post about fighting at Hardy, start a new one.[/quote]

If DCPS cannot manage fighting at Hardy or properly fund it, why would Hardy parents believe MacArthur is going to work?[/quote]

This.  Hardy students = Macarthur students.  How is the thinking of current Hardy families not directly relevant to Macarthur?[/quote]

+1.   I can’t believe parents don’t get this.  If DCPS can’t manage fighting and behavior issues in the classroom, you think things are going to change at the new high school where kids are older, bigger, and bolder?

Also if families don’t buy into the new high school, the problem is going to get worst with more OOB kids.[/quote]
What we're telling you, though, is that the school administration is on top of it and working through it with all students, that many students are unaffected and barely aware it's going on, and that for now the families are on-board with MacArthur.  It's like you're trying to manufacture drama.[/quote]

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