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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

Hardy has some UMC kids (less so than the boundary, but some) and some poor kids. The stats are there and you can go and find them if you care more about reality than false rhetoric. What you'll see if you bother to find them is that the demographics of Hardy mirror those of the diverse city it represents. In a deeply segregated city, that alone makes it an exceptional institution. But it also brings challenges. And those challenges are exacerbated by the very raw deal it has received thanks to DPR and Maret.

Or exacerbated by the poor planning of DCPS and Hardy leadership. Was this sudden growth out of nowhere? Did Hardy leadership try to expand sports offerings without proper spaces? Did they plan with DCPS to grow the school and athletic offerings with spaces they had available? It seems to be a mismanagement from Hardy leadership on what they could offer, understanding what their population would be, and how to balance that with facilities. That’s not Maret’s fault. That’s Hardy and DCPS’s fault. There are plenty of DCPS schools that have amazing facilities. Jaw dropping indoor pools, turf fields, tennis courts. And they planned for that growth. Why did one of the wealthiest DC neighborhood public schools completely fail in planning for that growth? Who’s to blame? It’s not private school families or schools that are to blame for that negligence. It seems your anger is misplaced.

I'm... The City did plan for this eventuality. It bought some land across the street about ten years ago. Spent $22.5 million on it so far.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

Hardy has some UMC kids (less so than the boundary, but some) and some poor kids. The stats are there and you can go and find them if you care more about reality than false rhetoric. What you'll see if you bother to find them is that the demographics of Hardy mirror those of the diverse city it represents. In a deeply segregated city, that alone makes it an exceptional institution. But it also brings challenges. And those challenges are exacerbated by the very raw deal it has received thanks to DPR and Maret.

Or exacerbated by the poor planning of DCPS and Hardy leadership. Was this sudden growth out of nowhere? Did Hardy leadership try to expand sports offerings without proper spaces? Did they plan with DCPS to grow the school and athletic offerings with spaces they had available? It seems to be a mismanagement from Hardy leadership on what they could offer, understanding what their population would be, and how to balance that with facilities. That’s not Maret’s fault. That’s Hardy and DCPS’s fault. There are plenty of DCPS schools that have amazing facilities. Jaw dropping indoor pools, turf fields, tennis courts. And they planned for that growth. Why did one of the wealthiest DC neighborhood public schools completely fail in planning for that growth? Who’s to blame? It’s not private school families or schools that are to blame for that negligence. It seems your anger is misplaced.

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Anonymous wrote:Or exacerbated by the poor planning of DCPS and Hardy leadership. Was this sudden growth out of nowhere? Did Hardy leadership try to expand sports offerings without proper spaces? Did they plan with DCPS to grow the school and athletic offerings with spaces they had available? It seems to be a mismanagement from Hardy leadership on what they could offer, understanding what their population would be, and how to balance that with facilities. That’s not Maret’s fault. That’s Hardy and DCPS’s fault. There are plenty of DCPS schools that have amazing facilities. Jaw dropping indoor pools, turf fields, tennis courts. And they planned for that growth. Why did one of the wealthiest DC neighborhood public schools completely fail in planning for that growth? Who’s to blame? It’s not private school families or schools that are to blame for that negligence. It seems your anger is misplaced.

You have no idea how public schools function in this city and are not making any sense anyway. DCPS has plenty of issues and all of us with kids in the system have plenty of frustrations. But they have nothing to do with this issue, which is purely a consequence of DPR, Maret and - probably - Jack Evans.

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Anonymous wrote:Or exacerbated by the poor planning of DCPS and Hardy leadership. Was this sudden growth out of nowhere? Did Hardy leadership try to expand sports offerings without proper spaces? Did they plan with DCPS to grow the school and athletic offerings with spaces they had available? It seems to be a mismanagement from Hardy leadership on what they could offer, understanding what their population would be, and how to balance that with facilities. That’s not Maret’s fault. That’s Hardy and DCPS’s fault. There are plenty of DCPS schools that have amazing facilities. Jaw dropping indoor pools, turf fields, tennis courts. And they planned for that growth. Why did one of the wealthiest DC neighborhood public schools completely fail in planning for that growth? Who’s to blame? It’s not private school families or schools that are to blame for that negligence. It seems your anger is misplaced.

You have no idea how public schools function in this city and are not making any sense anyway. DCPS has plenty of issues and all of us with kids in the system have plenty of frustrations. But they have nothing to do with this issue, which is purely a consequence of DPR, Maret and - probably - Jack Evans.

Anonymous wrote:Or exacerbated by the poor planning of DCPS and Hardy leadership. Was this sudden growth out of nowhere? Did Hardy leadership try to expand sports offerings without proper spaces? Did they plan with DCPS to grow the school and athletic offerings with spaces they had available? It seems to be a mismanagement from Hardy leadership on what they could offer, understanding what their population would be, and how to balance that with facilities. That’s not Maret’s fault. That’s Hardy and DCPS’s fault. There are plenty of DCPS schools that have amazing facilities. Jaw dropping indoor pools, turf fields, tennis courts. And they planned for that growth. Why did one of the wealthiest DC neighborhood public schools completely fail in planning for that growth? Who’s to blame? It’s not private school families or schools that are to blame for that negligence. It seems your anger is misplaced.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

Hardy has some UMC kids (less so than the boundary, but some) and some poor kids. The stats are there and you can go and find them if you care more about reality than false rhetoric. What you'll see if you bother to find them is that the demographics of Hardy mirror those of the diverse city it represents. In a deeply segregated city, that alone makes it an exceptional institution. But it also brings challenges. And those challenges are exacerbated by the very raw deal it has received thanks to DPR and Maret.

Or exacerbated by the poor planning of DCPS and Hardy leadership. Was this sudden growth out of nowhere? Did Hardy leadership try to expand sports offerings without proper spaces? Did they plan with DCPS to grow the school and athletic offerings with spaces they had available? It seems to be a mismanagement from Hardy leadership on what they could offer, understanding what their population would be, and how to balance that with facilities. That’s not Maret’s fault. That’s Hardy and DCPS’s fault. There are plenty of DCPS schools that have amazing facilities. Jaw dropping indoor pools, turf fields, tennis courts. And they planned for that growth. Why did one of the wealthiest DC neighborhood public schools completely fail in planning for that growth? Who’s to blame? It’s not private school families or schools that are to blame for that negligence. It seems your anger is misplaced.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

Hardy has some UMC kids (less so than the boundary, but some) and some poor kids. The stats are there and you can go and find them if you care more about reality than false rhetoric. What you'll see if you bother to find them is that the demographics of Hardy mirror those of the diverse city it represents. In a deeply segregated city, that alone makes it an exceptional institution. But it also brings challenges. And those challenges are exacerbated by the very raw deal it has received thanks to DPR and Maret.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

Well duh. Not those. Look at the 60%who aren’t. I’m sure they fit into the upper middle class and probably the top 5% of income nationally. So to pretend otherwise is dishonest. Hardy parents, Kishan Putta, and Elizabeth ‘Louboutin’ Miller propping up poor kids for their own political benefit. Shameful.

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I stand corrected.. It was the Chair who asked him to define a "good" partner first ~7:58:30.. but the answer "They did what they said they were going to do" is fairly accurate.
You don't *have* to admit that you may be wrong, but I know your heart, and you're forgiven.
Can we drop this ridiculous charade of righteous outrage now?
Trump's still in office, and our DC votes may not matter, but maybe we should focus on fixing that somehow?

The outrage is real and easily explained by the fact that the quality of thousands of lower- and middle-class parents’ kids’ education is being undercut by the selfish behavior a school that predominantly educates the kids of very rich people and which contributes very little to the city treasury. That outrage is further magnified because it’s not an isolated case. A similar thing is happening with the Old Hardy school building and LAB and with Guy Mason and G.U.. People affected by these cases see that there is an underlying problem and find common cause to fix it.

It's almost like you don't know of any injustices east of the park. Very telling.

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Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

Especially the 40% who are economically disadvantaged. What a country!

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I stand corrected.. It was the Chair who asked him to define a "good" partner first ~7:58:30.. but the answer "They did what they said they were going to do" is fairly accurate.
You don't *have* to admit that you may be wrong, but I know your heart, and you're forgiven.
Can we drop this ridiculous charade of righteous outrage now?
Trump's still in office, and our DC votes may not matter, but maybe we should focus on fixing that somehow?

The outrage is real and easily explained by the fact that the quality of thousands of lower- and middle-class parents’ kids’ education is being undercut by the selfish behavior a school that predominantly educates the kids of very rich people and which contributes very little to the city treasury. That outrage is further magnified because it’s not an isolated case. A similar thing is happening with the Old Hardy school building and LAB and with Guy Mason and G.U.. People affected by these cases see that there is an underlying problem and find common cause to fix it.

It's almost like you don't know of any injustices east of the park. Very telling.

Anonymous wrote:I love that Hardy parents are suddenly wealthy. Hardy families are going to be very excited to learn that!

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I stand corrected.. It was the Chair who asked him to define a "good" partner first ~7:58:30.. but the answer "They did what they said they were going to do" is fairly accurate.
You don't *have* to admit that you may be wrong, but I know your heart, and you're forgiven.
Can we drop this ridiculous charade of righteous outrage now?
Trump's still in office, and our DC votes may not matter, but maybe we should focus on fixing that somehow?

The outrage is real and easily explained by the fact that the quality of thousands of lower- and middle-class parents’ kids’ education is being undercut by the selfish behavior a school that predominantly educates the kids of very rich people and which contributes very little to the city treasury. That outrage is further magnified because it’s not an isolated case. A similar thing is happening with the Old Hardy school building and LAB and with Guy Mason and G.U.. People affected by these cases see that there is an underlying problem and find common cause to fix it.

Do you really think that the wealthy families who attend private schools contribute little to the city treasury? One reason wealthy families live in DC is because of the private schools. These people pay high property taxes and support public schools even though their kids don't use those schools. Do all you upper NW DC DCPS families really not understand how private schools benefit this area?