Anonymous
03/27/2025 10:31
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Anonymous wrote:Our DS did sixth there - interesting to hear people say there was a screen balance. Everything he did was on a screen. Homework was minimal - occasionally on paper.
It was not the place for a kid with learning differences. The staff is great if your kid can advocate for themselves or is deeply troubled - they don’t have much time for anyone who needs help but can’t/wont ask on their own. There are exceptions - good teachers and good clubs, and the administration impressed us with the care they showed but it doesn’t trickle down, and it’s virtually impossible to get a parent teacher conference. We never got one the whole year and during the unofficial one we set up we were told by a teacher that they didn’t know who our kid was.
Can’t say if it’s better or worse than any other dcps, but if your kid can’t take care of themselves or needs intensive attention, there’s not much for you.
When was this? Lots of transitions over the past few years.
Anonymous
03/26/2025 22:17
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Our DS did sixth there - interesting to hear people say there was a screen balance. Everything he did was on a screen. Homework was minimal - occasionally on paper.
It was not the place for a kid with learning differences. The staff is great if your kid can advocate for themselves or is deeply troubled - they don’t have much time for anyone who needs help but can’t/wont ask on their own. There are exceptions - good teachers and good clubs, and the administration impressed us with the care they showed but it doesn’t trickle down, and it’s virtually impossible to get a parent teacher conference. We never got one the whole year and during the unofficial one we set up we were told by a teacher that they didn’t know who our kid was.
Can’t say if it’s better or worse than any other dcps, but if your kid can’t take care of themselves or needs intensive attention, there’s not much for you.
It was not the place for a kid with learning differences. The staff is great if your kid can advocate for themselves or is deeply troubled - they don’t have much time for anyone who needs help but can’t/wont ask on their own. There are exceptions - good teachers and good clubs, and the administration impressed us with the care they showed but it doesn’t trickle down, and it’s virtually impossible to get a parent teacher conference. We never got one the whole year and during the unofficial one we set up we were told by a teacher that they didn’t know who our kid was.
Can’t say if it’s better or worse than any other dcps, but if your kid can’t take care of themselves or needs intensive attention, there’s not much for you.
Anonymous
03/23/2025 17:41
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Another family with a 7th grade Hardy student, and we're also happy with the experience but can't speak to IEP implementation.
Anonymous
03/21/2025 10:51
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Then other comparable peer school is Deal which has wealthier families who are less likely fed workers.
It’s also not just fed workers but impacting many other contracting jobs downstream
It’s also not just fed workers but impacting many other contracting jobs downstream
It’s cute that you think Deal has wealthier families than the school inbounds for Georgetown and Palisades, where over 65% of attending kids are inbounds.
Anonymous
03/21/2025 07:31
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How much will this change if many in/bound families leave because of the outflow of feds from DC?
Just curious - where do you think the feds with “flow out”? They will suddenly have more money to move houses and move to the burbs?
They leave DC for other places with jobs.
This will start happening over the next few months, though I don’t see why Hardy would be any more impacted than any other comparable peer school in the DC area.
Then other comparable peer school is Deal which has wealthier families who are less likely fed workers.
It’s also not just fed workers but impacting many other contracting jobs downstream
Deal does not have wealthier families. It’s cute that you think that. But the point stands that the impacts would be felt across the city as these economic blows occur. Everything is connected.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 22:56
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How much will this change if many in/bound families leave because of the outflow of feds from DC?
Just curious - where do you think the feds with “flow out”? They will suddenly have more money to move houses and move to the burbs?
They leave DC for other places with jobs.
This will start happening over the next few months, though I don’t see why Hardy would be any more impacted than any other comparable peer school in the DC area.
Then other comparable peer school is Deal which has wealthier families who are less likely fed workers.
It’s also not just fed workers but impacting many other contracting jobs downstream
Anonymous
03/20/2025 21:31
Subject: Recent Hardy MS experience
Anonymous wrote:Very happy at Hardy - like other stated, lots of paper based assignments and my kid is in Algebra 1 as a 7th grader, on track to do Algebra II in 9th and thus AB calc and BC calc before SAT time which is great. Great electives. Great leadership. We applied to private and got in and declined bc my kid is very happy. Will probably go private for HS just bec we want rigor and not sure MacArthur is there yet.
This is so helpful, thank you PP.