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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current Hardy parents are 100% correct about this concern. Plenty of snobby parents have a grudge based only on color, as much as they deny it. Hardy always had greatness and seriously dedicated teachers who probably wish they didn't have to deal with DEAL type parents. To those parents worried Hardy is not Deal, hardy is BETTER in many ways--smaller - better location- more diversity- hunger for dedicated families-- don't u spoiled w3 crowd screw it up!![/quote]

Hardy will NEVER improve significantly if its current boosters keep playing the race card ("snobby parents have a grudge based only on color"), rather than acknowledging legitimate concern and criticism about the school.  And, as for your "grudge,"  why is it that WOTP parents are jealously trying to preserve their rights to Deal, which is a very racially diverse school?  The difference is quality, not race.[/quote]

Ummm, it's not the current boosters who are continually obsessed with the single question "How many IB students are attending Hardy."   What exactly do you think is meant by that question, and what card do you think these people are playing when they ask that question?[/quote]

I'd say it's the "percentage of students likely to be proficient or advanced in academic subjects" card.  [/quote]

Sure.  And their argument that even out-of-boundary kids that went to Hardy's in-boundary elementary schools (and therefore are just as likely to be proficient or advanced in academic subjects as their in-boundary peers) should not be counted as IB for the sake of Hardy - which card is that?[/quote]

Do you have the data to support your parenthetical?  I think you're very probably correct, but I'd be interested in knowing OOB feeder school kids' performance statistics vs. IB kids' performance statistics.  The answer would probably help us understand the effect of lower % FARMS student population on overall student testing performance.[/quote]

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