What are the consequences for a child if he or she does not wear a uniform to school? Is it that big of a deal? I'm all for civil disobedience, particularly on dumb issues like a school uniform. They can't kick the kid out of school so maybe the kids should just stop wearing them.

But I've asked before..what does the principal or the PTA or the LSAT say about changing the policy? Bring it up for a vote.

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Anonymous wrote:For all of you uniforms-at-Hardy haters, have you noticed that Potomac School just across the river has uniforms for its middle schoolers? Their uniforms are nearly identical to Hardy's too! It's just not a big deal -- give it up.

Why does Hardy want to suggest to the world (or at least to Ward 3) that it is an 80s era, troubled, ungovernable inner-city urban public school? Because that's what public school uniforms say. Get your head out of the sand. I'm starting to think that some folks cling to the uniforms they way they oppose bike lanes (symbolic of gentrification in their view) -- to hold on to some vestige of the vanishing Chocolate City they still pine for.

Do you mean protected bike lanes, or just striped bike lanes in door zones? Because the latter, actually, do little directly for safety, but mostly are a tool to make people feel safer and help get more people biking creating critical mass that really does help. So I can see why you think dropping uniforms is much like striping a door zone bike lane. With the difference that someone riding along will choose which street to ride on based on a quick survey of the road - they may even make the choice to ride or not without much research. But people putting their kids in a school, are likely to do much deeper research - ergo the symbolism is less important.

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Anonymous wrote:Obligatory appearance by

"IB Parents in Support of Uniforms at Hardy"

Carry on. Have fun with this completely inane conversation. It serves as nothing but a distraction. Mission accomplished, I suspect.

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Thanks peer IPiSoUaH or simply IPSUH

Glad all two of you can meet.

Anonymous wrote:Obligatory appearance by

"IB Parents in Support of Uniforms at Hardy"

Carry on. Have fun with this completely inane conversation. It serves as nothing but a distraction. Mission accomplished, I suspect.

+1
Thanks peer IPiSoUaH or simply IPSUH

Obligatory appearance by

"IB Parents in Support of Uniforms at Hardy"

Carry on. Have fun with this completely inane conversation. It serves as nothing but a distraction. Mission accomplished, I suspect.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you uniforms-at-Hardy haters, have you noticed that Potomac School just across the river has uniforms for its middle schoolers? Their uniforms are nearly identical to Hardy's too! It's just not a big deal -- give it up.

Why does Hardy want to suggest to the world (or at least to Ward 3) that it is an 80s era, troubled, ungovernable inner-city urban public school? Because that's what public school uniforms say. Get your head out of the sand. I'm starting to think that some folks cling to the uniforms they way they oppose bike lanes (symbolic of gentrification in their view) -- to hold on to some vestige of the vanishing Chocolate City they still pine for.

Do you feel the same way about Washington Latin, which has a more restrictive dress code/uniform policy than Hardy?

I do feel the same way, but I also see a difference. Latin is completely opt-in, so families know what they're signing up for. Hardy is a public middle school, and for those who can't afford private or don't get into a desirable charter school, it's their only option. As the ONLY public school west of Rock Creek Park with uniforms, it is a fish out of water, a total outlier in its designated boundary area. Then there's the whole recent history of public school uniforms, which connotes an environment that does not exist at Hardy anymore, if it ever did. From the standpoint of the school's image, the Hardy uniforms now are more of a negative than a positive, and you'd think the school would want to fix that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you uniforms-at-Hardy haters, have you noticed that Potomac School just across the river has uniforms for its middle schoolers? Their uniforms are nearly identical to Hardy's too! It's just not a big deal -- give it up.

Why does Hardy want to suggest to the world (or at least to Ward 3) that it is an 80s era, troubled, ungovernable inner-city urban public school? Because that's what public school uniforms say. Get your head out of the sand. I'm starting to think that some folks cling to the uniforms they way they oppose bike lanes (symbolic of gentrification in their view) -- to hold on to some vestige of the vanishing Chocolate City they still pine for.

Do you feel the same way about Washington Latin, which has a more restrictive dress code/uniform policy than Hardy?

Anonymous wrote:For all of you uniforms-at-Hardy haters, have you noticed that Potomac School just across the river has uniforms for its middle schoolers? Their uniforms are nearly identical to Hardy's too! It's just not a big deal -- give it up.

Why does Hardy want to suggest to the world (or at least to Ward 3) that it is an 80s era, troubled, ungovernable inner-city urban public school? Because that's what public school uniforms say. Get your head out of the sand. I'm starting to think that some folks cling to the uniforms they way they oppose bike lanes (symbolic of gentrification in their view) -- to hold on to some vestige of the vanishing Chocolate City they still pine for.

Anonymous wrote:For all of you uniforms-at-Hardy haters, have you noticed that Potomac School just across the river has uniforms for its middle schoolers? Their uniforms are nearly identical to Hardy's too! It's just not a big deal -- give it up.

Not even close to identical. No stained khakis at Potomac.

For all of you uniforms-at-Hardy haters, have you noticed that Potomac School just across the river has uniforms for its middle schoolers? Their uniforms are nearly identical to Hardy's too! It's just not a big deal -- give it up.

Thanks for the tip. I am going to put in a very aggressive bid for a nice house on Macomb.

Not the realtor, but it shows that Deal is now a factor in real estate and how that's becoming a differentiator in a neighborhood where a path to Deal formerly was a given.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of Eaton families with kids in the younger grades who are planning on Hardy and look forward to its smaller size (as compared to Deal). These are committed and involved families.

There are real estate listings north of Quebec St in Cleveland Park that are specifying "Deal district." So the real estate market is now factoring feeding to Deal vs Hardy as a value differentiator in home sales.

Hilarious - The sellers of that house sent both of their children to Private!!!!

They clearly have a savvy realtor, who reads the market.

So says the realtor........

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of Eaton families with kids in the younger grades who are planning on Hardy and look forward to its smaller size (as compared to Deal). These are committed and involved families.

There are real estate listings north of Quebec St in Cleveland Park that are specifying "Deal district." So the real estate market is now factoring feeding to Deal vs Hardy as a value differentiator in home sales.

Hilarious - The sellers of that house sent both of their children to Private!!!!

They clearly have a savvy realtor, who reads the market.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of Eaton families with kids in the younger grades who are planning on Hardy and look forward to its smaller size (as compared to Deal). These are committed and involved families.

There are real estate listings north of Quebec St in Cleveland Park that are specifying "Deal district." So the real estate market is now factoring feeding to Deal vs Hardy as a value differentiator in home sales.

Hilarious - The sellers of that house sent both of their children to Private!!!!