Anonymous wrote:Hardy offers Spanish, Chinese and Italian. Italian classes are sponsored and a "donation" by the nearby Italian Embassy. Chinese is offered 3 days a week, very intense course with homework. The teacher is new to Hardy, was teaching at Wilson until last year.
Hardy has an enrollment of about 400 kids, Deal 1,300. Larger size has benefits in terms of wider array of options for enrichment. But also drawbacks.

That's not an excuse, particularly for those who are being redistributed from Deal and then told to suck it up, what do you expect, Hardy is smaller so you and your kid should expect less

Given feeder rights are not about to change it seems, I would agree it is the relevant measure.

Anonymous wrote:Plus, feeder is the relevant measure. I don't get the folks that don't understand this.

-- Mann IB

YES, thank you, oh rare sane poster.
- IB Key

Anonymous wrote:How is it hostile to give a number of IB which is a specific category being asked about especially when the Primcipal's goal was to increase IB numbers, not feeder numbers?

It is amazing that the Principal's own goal as clearly laid out last year was to increase IB. Asking if she met goal is just good follow up.

But if you followed the other thread you would know that the feeder numbers were typical and can deduce on your own that the IB numbers are low also. There was no huge jump in either number.

Based on the other thread, there is info on IB numbers and they did increase significantly from previous years. Of course that number will be published at some point and people can discuss it then.

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with the IB contingent is beginning to confound me, unless it's the same few people focused on it. But please, do yourself a favor: take all of that energy focused on numbers and visit the school to see how good it is now and how great it is going to be.

I'm right there with you. I think it's the same people over and over again. It is incredibly tiresome and deserves to be ignored from now on.

Anonymous wrote:How is it hostile to give a number of IB which is a specific category being asked about especially when the Primcipal's goal was to increase IB numbers, not feeder numbers?

It is amazing that the Principal's own goal as clearly laid out last year was to increase IB. Asking if she met goal is just good follow up.

But if you followed the other thread you would know that the feeder numbers were typical and can deduce on your own that the IB numbers are low also. There was no huge jump in either number.

This is false. Nice try though.

Does this thread have to devolve into another petty pissing contest too? Your children would be ashamed.

The obsession with the IB contingent is beginning to confound me, unless it's the same few people focused on it. But please, do yourself a favor: take all of that energy focused on numbers and visit the school to see how good it is now and how great it is going to be.

How is it hostile to give a number of IB which is a specific category being asked about especially when the Primcipal's goal was to increase IB numbers, not feeder numbers?

It is amazing that the Principal's own goal as clearly laid out last year was to increase IB. Asking if she met goal is just good follow up.

But if you followed the other thread you would know that the feeder numbers were typical and can deduce on your own that the IB numbers are low also. There was no huge jump in either number.

Plus, feeder is the relevant measure. I don't get the folks that don't understand this.

-- Mann IB

Anonymous wrote:The IB number is still very low and missed the goal Pride had hoped for last spring. She is focused on only giving out feeder numbers rather than IB numbers.

Principal Pride is right. Given the organization of DCPS schools after Rhee, her given constituency are now the feeder school , not the IB families. There's several IB 6th graders who are not from feeder schools, so I would not be surprised if the number of 6th graders from feeder schools matched more or less the number of IB 6th graders.

You have to understand that, for a Principal of a diverse school, flagging out in victory the number of 6th grade IB kids (as opposed to feeders school kids) would be seen as an hostile move by a significant part of her current (and potential) families. She is a committed and experience professional, she knows she needs to promote the school for future applicants, but she also and most importantly needs to take care of the currently enrolled students and their families.

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Anonymous wrote:One difference in curriculum is language. Hardy seems to offer only Spanish and Italian, while Deal offers French, Spanish and Chinese. Why Italian? Is there any thought to offering Chinese now that Eaton, where Chinese is taught, is scheduled to feed in? It seems unfortunate that Eaton kids would have to wait three years until they get to Wilson to resume their Chinese studies. They will be very far behind their peers who go to Deal.

Some Hardy kids go on to Ellington where Italian is offered (often taken by vocal majors) so maybe that's why.

No, Italian is offered inside Hardy, not at Ellington.

The IB number is still very low and missed the goal Pride had hoped for last spring. She is focused on only giving out feeder numbers rather than IB numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:Hardy offers Spanish, Chinese and Italian. Italian classes are sponsored and a "donation" by the nearby Italian Embassy. Chinese is offered 3 days a week, very intense course with homework. The teacher is new to Hardy, was teaching at Wilson until last year.
Hardy has an enrollment of about 400 kids, Deal 1,300. Larger size has benefits in terms of wider array of options for enrichment. But also drawbacks.

NP. Great info, thanks. Has Hardy updated their website/Parent info page with this information?

School is preparing together with the PTO a guided small publication and organized list of the school offering, to be distributed during open houses and uploaded on the school website (expected for the first week of Nov.).

The Principal, the teacher and PTO decided to open the Chinese classes to parents too (but only if they also do homework and show progress!!). This is a true fact , not a joke.

Great news. Along with flapping our gums here, it is nice to see some proactive movement on occasion.

Anonymous wrote:One difference in curriculum is language. Hardy seems to offer only Spanish and Italian, while Deal offers French, Spanish and Chinese. Why Italian? Is there any thought to offering Chinese now that Eaton, where Chinese is taught, is scheduled to feed in? It seems unfortunate that Eaton kids would have to wait three years until they get to Wilson to resume their Chinese studies. They will be very far behind their peers who go to Deal.

Some Hardy kids go on to Ellington where Italian is offered (often taken by vocal majors) so maybe that's why.

When are the classes held? Don't most parents work during the day?