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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In some ways, Hardy's original rationale for mandatory uniforms (to the extent that it differed at all from the principal conventional reason) is irrelevant.  What matters is that, as the article concludes, a public school unifirm policy carries negative associations with student behavior problems.  You would think, since no one can point to a compelling reason why Hardy adopted uniforms in the first place, that the school would see that the negative connotations are hampering its stated goal of having a more diverse, higher performing school.[/quote]

If you are so stupid and intellectually lazy that you assume the worst of Hardy because its kids wear uniforms - without taking the time to ask why that is the case - I hope you don't send your kid to Hardy.  I'd rather my kid attend school with children from families that look beyond the superficial and take the time to understand the context of what people say and do.

Signed -

An IB Parent[/quote]

The IB parents I know (who uniformly -- no pun intended -- will not send their kids to Hardy) see the uniforms as symbolic of a tired urban school culture that is slow to change and suspicious of new approaches.  It's like they view any effort to reform Hardy to provide what the surrounding community wants in a middke school as the educational equivalent of gentrification.[/quote]

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