Anonymous wrote:To all those OOB parents with an inferiority complex because they live eotp, get over it! It's clear that you recognize wotp is better...at least for schooling your dc. The bar is lower eotp - simple as that. If you want to stop feeling so much internal shame just move wotp and be done with it. Remember that feeling of excitement you got when your kid got into an oob school? Remember that and just be grateful you you have this opportunity wotp.

I'm an IB Hardy parent and I want to distance myself from this poster immediately. She speaks for no one but herself.

To all those OOB parents with an inferiority complex because they live eotp, get over it! It's clear that you recognize wotp is better...at least for schooling your dc. The bar is lower eotp - simple as that. If you want to stop feeling so much internal shame just move wotp and be done with it. Remember that feeling of excitement you got when your kid got into an oob school? Remember that and just be grateful you you have this opportunity wotp.

Anonymous wrote:Hardy sits in between two other schools requiring uniforms - Visitation and British School.

You do realize there is a difference between private and public schools? In particular, public schools that are neighborhood by-right schools and not application or lottery?

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Anonymous wrote:We are IB and we want to uniforms to stay. We'll send our kids to Hardy anyways, but uniforms would be a plus. So much easier for us and even more for them, especially for the girl. I do not care if some IB parents thinks that uniforms at Hardy are so ghetto . These are the parents who would not be sending their kids anywhere unless sure that their kids will meet almost exclusively peers of their same SES. So these are not prospective parents or Hardy real constituency.

Another selfish comment. Allow me to summarize how your point of view comes across: "I like it, and who cares about what the other parents think!"
A perfect way to build a community.
I hope there is just a few parents who think like you at that school.

(different poster here) Well, if the complainers would go ahead and enroll at Hardy, you would be assured that there would be parents there who think like you think. But if you're not going to touch the school with a ten-foot pole just because of the uniforms, why do you think anyone should care whether your kid attends?

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Anonymous wrote:My house was in bounds for Deal forever, and this year some social engineering bureaucrats decided that my kids should go to Hardy. Is it fair that we be forced to sell our home to maintain the same quality of education that we would have had before?

How is redistricting an area away from an overcrowded school "social engineering"??

Because the only plausible explanation for the criteria used to determine which areas would be redistricted away is social engineering.

Anonymous wrote:My house was in bounds for Deal forever, and this year some social engineering bureaucrats decided that my kids should go to Hardy. Is it fair that we be forced to sell our home to maintain the same quality of education that we would have had before?

How is redistricting an area away from an overcrowded school "social engineering"??

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Anonymous wrote:We are IB and we want to uniforms to stay. We'll send our kids to Hardy anyways, but uniforms would be a plus. So much easier for us and even more for them, especially for the girl. I do not care if some IB parents thinks that uniforms at Hardy are so ghetto . These are the parents who would not be sending their kids anywhere unless sure that their kids will meet almost exclusively peers of their same SES. So these are not prospective parents or Hardy real constituency.

I think this hits the nail on the head. The persistent comments about uniforms honestly just come off as sort of petty. I don't really like uniforms either, but the perception by some that Hardy might be perceived as a "90s-era urban school" would not in itself stop me from enrolling my child if the school is otherwise a good match and shows good potential.

-parent IB for Deal who may consider Hardy when the time comes

I also agree with the previous poster.

I'm IB for Mann and couldn't care less about the uniforms. I *think* I may prefer them, but it's largely orthogonal to the things I actually care about. Whether they stay or go has no bearing on my evaluation of the school as a fit for my children.

Anonymous wrote:We are IB and we want to uniforms to stay. We'll send our kids to Hardy anyways, but uniforms would be a plus. So much easier for us and even more for them, especially for the girl. I do not care if some IB parents thinks that uniforms at Hardy are so ghetto . These are the parents who would not be sending their kids anywhere unless sure that their kids will meet almost exclusively peers of their same SES. So these are not prospective parents or Hardy real constituency.

I think this hits the nail on the head. The persistent comments about uniforms honestly just come off as sort of petty. I don't really like uniforms either, but the perception by some that Hardy might be perceived as a "90s-era urban school" would not in itself stop me from enrolling my child if the school is otherwise a good match and shows good potential.

-parent IB for Deal who may consider Hardy when the time comes

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Anonymous wrote:We are IB and we want to uniforms to stay. We'll send our kids to Hardy anyways, but uniforms would be a plus. So much easier for us and even more for them, especially for the girl. I do not care if some IB parents thinks that uniforms at Hardy are so ghetto . These are the parents who would not be sending their kids anywhere unless sure that their kids will meet almost exclusively peers of their same SES. So these are not prospective parents or Hardy real constituency.

Another selfish comment. Allow me to summarize how your point of view comes across: "I like it, and who cares about what the other parents think!"
A perfect way to build a community.
I hope there is just a few parents who think like you at that school.

Ha, and your opposing view *is* a perfect way to build a community? People are entitled to their opinions, and the PP has a good point. There are plenty of IB parents who will never send their kids to Hardy, no matter what, because they think the school is not good enough. The uniforms are a red herring.

Here's the thing: Principal Pride has signaled that she is open to revisiting the question of uniforms. If indeed the majority of in-bounds families prefer to get rid of the uniforms, that is what is likely to happen as those families send their kids to Hardy.

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Anonymous wrote:I think getting rid if the uniforms would be a good first step.

+1

They say 1990s-era DC urban school, which is not where Hardy needs to be to attract more neighborhood students.

This is a perfectly reasonable option to consider. The decision should be made by Principal Pride, with input from current Hardy families (regardless of whether they are IB or OOB) and future Hardy families (regardless of whether they are IB or OOB). So you should join the Hardy community (or future Hardy community) and begin this discussion.

Future OOB families don't know who they are yet, the lottery hasn't happened.

PP means the current OOB families that are at Stoddert, Mann, Key, Hyde and now Eaton.

Anonymous wrote:We are IB and we want to uniforms to stay. We'll send our kids to Hardy anyways, but uniforms would be a plus. So much easier for us and even more for them, especially for the girl. I do not care if some IB parents thinks that uniforms at Hardy are so ghetto . These are the parents who would not be sending their kids anywhere unless sure that their kids will meet almost exclusively peers of their same SES. So these are not prospective parents or Hardy real constituency.

Another selfish comment. Allow me to summarize how your point of view comes across: "I like it, and who cares about what the other parents think!"
A perfect way to build a community.
I hope there is just a few parents who think like you at that school.

We are IB and we want to uniforms to stay. We'll send our kids to Hardy anyways, but uniforms would be a plus. So much easier for us and even more for them, especially for the girl. I do not care if some IB parents thinks that uniforms at Hardy are so ghetto . These are the parents who would not be sending their kids anywhere unless sure that their kids will meet almost exclusively peers of their same SES. So these are not prospective parents or Hardy real constituency.

Exactly, let the uniforms go.

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Anonymous wrote:The current IB parents should lobby to end the uniforms.

We live IB for a Hardy feeder and I've got to say, the idea of uniforms in middle school sounds wise to me. This is THE WORST, most awkward time in the life of any person -- any primate, really. Not having to worry about what to wear seems like it would eliminate many major potential conflicts. I wore a Catholic-school uniform during those years in my own life and am very relieved, even now, that I made it through early adolescence without my clothes ever being a subject of ridicule or stress.

Agreed. We are an IB family with a Hardy student - and love the uniforms.

But whatever...if a bunch of other parents think its important to get rid of the uniforms, then Principal Pride should consider getting rid of the uniforms. It's not a make or break issue.

Hardy sits in between two other schools requiring uniforms - Visitation and British School.