Anonymous wrote:Record kindergarten enrollment levels this fall for IB Hardy feeders ... sign for the future???

A sign of overcrowded NW schools and more trailers on the way. Too bad we can't have a real boundary review.

Record kindergarten enrollment levels this fall for IB Hardy feeders ... sign for the future???

New year, new thread?

Maybe this year will see an uptick in IB families at Hardy, but that may just be hope over logic.

Is this going to be the breakout year for Hardy??

Anonymous wrote:There has been an undercurrent of tension at Hardy going back to Rhee's time, largely out of concern that calls to change the school will change it too much or "gentrify" it and displace a traditional community of students. If IB enrollment is starting to go up, this issue will need some attention.

What's your vantage point that makes your say this? Are you a current staff member? Current parent? A former staff member or teacher? Or just someone in the neighborhood who's opining?

My child just finished 3 years at Hardy last month. I have no idea about this "undercurrent of tension" nor do the diverse group (read African-Am, white, Latino) of parents that we have spent time with. Again, please share your vantage point upon which you can make such an assertion.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but you can't force high SES to enroll their kids in a mediocre school. Those parents will just move leaving a high poverty school system. Even Arne Duncan is enrolling his kids in private school in Chicago!

It's the "even" that makes that so hilariously cute.

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Anonymous wrote:The fairest system is a citywide lottery in which everyone has an equal shot at the best schools. No more IB or OOB distinction.

It would help to equalize opportunity and check the privilege of high SES and the more expensive neighborhoods with their traditionally stronger schools and resource advantages. I'll bet Chancellor Henderson would love to move toward this system, but just can't say it.

The best schools are the best because of the neighborhood kids in them. Take the neighborhood kids out and the schools.suck. Is that what you guys want? All the schools to suck in the name of fairness?

Yes, but you can't force high SES to enroll their kids in a mediocre school. Those parents will just move leaving a high poverty school system. Even Arne Duncan is enrolling his kids in private school in Chicago!

Natalie Wexler had an article yesterday at Greater Greater Washington comparing home prices to test scores. The correlation is not nearly as strong as you might think. Here's the article:
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/27496/its-more-expensive-to-live-in-a-good-school-district-with-a-few-exceptions/

Anonymous wrote:The fairest system is a citywide lottery in which everyone has an equal shot at the best schools. No more IB or OOB distinction.

It would help to equalize opportunity and check the privilege of high SES and the more expensive neighborhoods with their traditionally stronger schools and resource advantages. I'll bet Chancellor Henderson would love to move toward this system, but just can't say it.

Anonymous wrote:And the fairest system would have huge downsides as has been shown in San Francisco.

+1 for the CCCP/SF aka the Union of Socialist Subject San Franciscans.

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Anonymous wrote:All the girls (except two) from Stoddert 5th grade class will go to Hardy in August. Starting from next year Stoddert will most likely have two 5th grade classes and numbers will go further up.

Stoddert Mom.

I mean, some Stoddert boys will go to Hardy too too, but I only checked the numbers for girls because this is what my daughter was interested in.

Yes, but some of the kids going to Hardy from Stoddert are only going because they were wailisted at private schools. It's not like Hardy was the first choice all along...it's the unfortunate fallback.

Speak for yourself and few others. We are glad to go to Hardy.

And the fairest system would have huge downsides as has been shown in San Francisco.

The fairest system is a citywide lottery in which everyone has an equal shot at the best schools. No more IB or OOB distinction.