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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So  - we got an IB charter school parent complaining hardy is not good enough for the IB families, vs someone arguing it should not be for IB families.

In a thread asking HOW MANY IB are actually going - and the data we have so far - the best till count day - indicates a big increase in IB families (by either definition) - Hardy is well on its way to overcoming the prisoners' dilemma.

Do arguments always lag data?  Is it that people get stuck in modes of arguing?

Who will be more unhappy when Hardy has flipped - [b]the folks defending the idea that Hardy is "meant" to be a mostly OOB school,[/b] or the charter families defending their decision? [/quote][b]I don't see where most (or maybe any) posters are arguing that Hardy is meant to be mostly OOB.  I see posters arguing that IB kids can still get a decent education there even if there are a lot of OOB kids.[/b]

But now that I think about it, I guess it's fortunate that the IB families wouldn't touch Hardy back in the day so my kid was able to feed from her OOB elementary to Hardy.  Thanks y'all for leaving room for my OOB kid! [/quote]

Good point PP.  There seems to be a loud and vocal cadre of IB families insisting that there are forces actively trying to keep them from going to Hardy.   But there is no such thing.   If anything, DCPS is going out of its way to try to address the concerns of IB families.

Maybe four years ago the OOB Hardy families were arguing in favor of the then-status quo.  But now?  They are not.  They are just happy to go to Hardy and - like IB families - want it to be strong.

But still, the perception persists that the poor beleagured IB families aren't welcome in their own school.

This tells me that DCPS has a curriculum problem and a PR problem.    The curriculum problem is actually easy to solve (and largely has been, for those who bother to pay attention); the PR problem is much more difficult.

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