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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eaton parents are the worse. They have been throwing shit on Hardy at meetings , blogs, DCUM, without ever visiting the school.
Most of them are OOB, and still they do not care to throw trash on the OOB kids attending Hardy... Just because they have been hit by a lucky star at a lottery and got a spot for 5 years at Eaton.

I hope they stay away from Hardy, and keep their bad attitude elsewhere.[/quote]

Actually, Eaton families are the best.
You clearly have never spoken to an Eaton parent because none of us would tolerate the nonsense from your post. You have no idea what you are talking about. 
The Eaton community supports both Deal and Hardy. We were given the "dual feeder" status in 2009 by Rhee in an obviously political move that had nothing to do with Eaton. Eaton has fed to Deal for decades with many families choosing Hardy in the Patrick Pope days. We were not part of the instability that happened as a result of Rhee's decisions. 
Eaton is a great school with kids from all over the city, excellent test scores, interesting opportunities for our kids, a great community and reasonable, smart parents who want what's best for our kids.   That's it-no bad attitude or throwing anything anywhere. 
I can't even believe I spent all that time responding to your nonsense.[/quote]

Then you'd better spend it reading the rants of your Eaton mates in a DCUM topic of some weeks ago about Eaton being thrown under the bus by the DME proposals.
Hundreds of entries there. Unless you have a graphomaniac parent, [b]there was a multitude of Eaton parents posting there and saying the worse against Hardy[/b]. As a current Hardy parent I was annoyed and offended by the content of those postings, the sense of entitlement, and most of all the mis/false information of most entries. Hardy parents had to spend time amending all the misleading information presented by Eaton posters, including false claims about violence and bullying in the school.

I'll be eager to watch this gentle attitude towards Hardy you are referring to at the forthcoming meeting with the DME in Cleveland Park. We will be there, to make sure not a single false statement is made against Hardy while we are trying to strenghten our school. I'll post an update after that....

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Eaton poster here. Just read through that thread and failed to see any shit throwing from the Eaton crowd there, let alone a "multitude of Eaton parents saying the worst about Hardy". We don't think like that, really. Please post a quote from an Eaton parent to prove me wrong if you are so inclined.

In all honesty, at Eaton we have had discussions about working to be part of the positive Hardy trajectory. Eaton has representatives on committees of Hardy feeder schools.We talk about how Hardy could be the most sought after MS in a few short years. 
Although we were not part of the Rhee-Pope transition diffiulties, we are well aware of our situation and we will make the most of it for our kids. 
We are not naive, selfish, short sighted, entitled or whatever insult you would like to throw at us. We are concerned parents who have built a great school for our kids. We  know that the continued success of Eaton hinges on predictablility and the confidence that our children will continue on to successful schools with their peers. The most troubling part of the potential change is the [u]undefined high school situation[/u]-which was repeated many times on that thread.
We are all on the same side here. Better schools, predictability, a DCPS that responds to parent concerns logically. 
Let's have constructive conversations instead of calling each other names and making accusations.[/quote]

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