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[quote=Anonymous]We are an IB family with kids in private school. I looked at Hardy years ago and was disappointed with the course offerings in world languages and math; thought the library was very poorly stocked; found the books kids were reading in class to be below grade-level; and found the teachers underwhelming. It wasn't terrible AT ALL, but was a couple of steps down from what we were used to, and our oldest happened to be way above grade level, so it didn't seem like a great fit. The students seemed really well-behaved for middle school, but in some classrooms (enough to notice), they were not very engaged by the teachers. You have to be a very engaging teacher to work successfully with 12- and 13-year-olds.

All of these things are changing for the better, according to reports from current parents. I am eager to visit again and hope to consider Hardy seriously for our younger kids. I'm not at all concerned about what neighborhoods are represented at the school. I care about the academics, the administration and teachers, and the students' seriousness--or at least the middle school version of this.

BTW, some of these posts are pretty toxic and remind me of the bad ol' days when Hardy parents were viciously pitted against one another re IB and OOB, pro-Pope and anti-Pope. Thankfully, few posting here have actually been Hardy parents. I hope that those with the most poisonous attitudes will choose other schools and let Hardy succeed.[/quote]

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