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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's interesting that a few years ago Hardy almost became the Coretta Scott King middle school of the arts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082001476.html[/quote]

Back then Hardy was on a fast-track to becoming a city-wide magnet arts middle school -- an Ellington feeder. Things might have actually worked out better if that effort had been successful and the pretext of a neighborhood school had been dropped. Then DCPS would have had to do something for the in-boundary families, and everyone would have been happy.[/quote]

That plan for the school and the new name would have been fine with me.  It annoys me that a school that is a gift to the families of the District of Columbia is not up to the high and mighty standards of the neighborhood.  If you wa to come to Hardy that's ok but we won't miss you if you don't.  It's not all about you and your precious dears.

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What a coincidence! The members of my cigar and cognac club met last night to trade insider stock tips and talk about which Mediterranean islands were worth visiting over winter break. At some point the conversation shifted to DC public schools. We all shared a hearty guffaw thinking about the plight of the poor EOTPers and EOTRers. One of the help tried to say that the state of schools over there was a shame. It was sad, she said, that the local schools cannot meet the needs of their in-bounds population. She thought these people felt -- justifiably -- disenfranchised. We all laughed so hard. Who cares about the standards and needs of those neighborhoods? Who are they to think they're "too good" for their in-bounds school? Finally, someone said it's not all about you and your precious dears, lady; those schools are a gift to the families of DC. She was so offended I thought she was going to cry in her Hyundai. [/quote]

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