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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hardy is not perfect and needs many improvements but it's not a hell hole either.  Kids can be rowdy but there's lots of good teaching going on.  Hardy's not as well established or creative as Deal and it lacks some variety of after-school activities.  But my kid feels safe there, is learning and wants to go to school. I wish Hardy were slightly more like Deal in terms of the class offerings and extra curricular stuff but on the whole we're pretty happy.[/quote]

Are you IB or OOB? I'm IB, and I've followed Hardy for years, and my observation is that that there has been and continues to be a palpable anti-IB environment at the school. I was at the PTA meeting in 2010 when it was announced that Pope was being transferred, and I could not believe my ears at some of the things that were coming out of the mouths of [i]teachers[/i] at that meeting. And those teachers are still at the school, and many continue to advocate against IB families. There is no way I would trust my children to them after hearing that.

[quote=Anonymous]someone asked why OOB parents might put up with something not as good as Deal...well the bottom line is there just aren't enough good middle school slots in the city in charters or DCPS...it's hard to find the 'right' spot for your child and you sometimes make compromises that you have to live with.  Hardy may not be for everyone but if it actually got more neighborhood support it could be great.[/quote]

This is the real problem.[/quote]

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