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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a rising 5th grader who will be going to Hardy. How worried should I be?  Is physical safety a problem for kids who don’t engage in fights?   Is it so bad that students have to worry about being in the wrong place at the wrong time?  My DD does not like physical confrontation, so she wouldn’t be involved unless she was attacked or there was a huge fight and she was physically unable to move out of the way. [/quote]

You're describing my daughter. She is safe.

There is commotion during transitions. It is more than there should be and it is not controlled, but I don't think it poses any real threats to most kids.

The commotion is natural and the principal/administration shouldn't be blamed for it. But the unwillingness or inability to stymie it and the more serious physical altercations is on him/them. Fights that go unaddressed just beget more fights. The adults in that building need to be doing much more than holing themselves up in their offices. A few minutes before every bell, every non-teaching adult should be in the hallways and stairwells until they restore expectations of order. Teachers should stand by their classroom doors, not inside their classrooms.

One of the tragedies of Hardy this year is that this is all so fixable. The parents have been trying to mentor and support him for months. He seems to have this arrogance about him underneath the bright smile that just rejects any notion of help. That or his realization that better than Dunbar is good enough for him.

While his lack of ability to lead the school is burning it to the ground this year, I don't think it is physically unsafe for most kids similar to those you describe. One warning, though: unless the administration starts getting actually serious about putting staff out in front of Safeway after school, have your kid grab the bus at a different stop. And, no, Principal Johnson briefly standing on the school side of the street ain't good enough. [/quote]

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