Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anec-data also indicate that a number of stalwart PTA families at Stoddert are about to graduate and move on to Hardy, where their leadership will hopefully be welcomed.

Same thing at Mann. At least (and I emphasize at least) three kids whose parents serve on the PTA leadership are heading to Hardy. Not PTA members. PTA leadership. It is expected that they'll assume PTA leadership roles at Hardy.

Oh, and for the trolls, they're IB of course.

This strikes me as really arrogant.

Can you just say that they'll likely seek PTA leadership roles at Hardy? It is, after all, a new and broader community and they would need to be elected. Great as they may be, there are others capable of taking on leadership roles at Hardy and these parents will be the newbies.

Anonymous wrote:

And I do think it's relevant to point out that families who have been engaged at the elementary level are headed to Hardy. Those are often the same sorts of families who will remain engaged--taking a lead in the website, communications, fundraising, holding admin's feet to the fire on the curriculum and elective offerings, being demanding about discipline and safety issues, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anec-data also indicate that a number of stalwart PTA families at Stoddert are about to graduate and move on to Hardy, where their leadership will hopefully be welcomed.

Same thing at Mann. At least (and I emphasize at least) three kids whose parents serve on the PTA leadership are heading to Hardy. Not PTA members. PTA leadership. It is expected that they'll assume PTA leadership roles at Hardy.

Oh, and for the trolls, they're IB of course.

Anonymous wrote:Anec-data also indicate that a number of stalwart PTA families at Stoddert are about to graduate and move on to Hardy, where their leadership will hopefully be welcomed.

Anonymous wrote:I have been waiting for a meaningful discussion of hardy. I will need to go back and read the thread, but I appreciate. If you are in bounds for Deal, can you lottery into Hardy? I didn't love Deal when we visited with our child. Seemed kind if smarmy/ unmotivated. I love simple uniforms and Hardys location. Does it have an academic selling point - something that gives it some identity?

Anonymous wrote:No clue about the tipping pint of Hardy but BASIS is already working the waitlist for 5th grade. Kids will still be able to get in for 2016-2017.

A bigger predictor will be how far Hardy goes into its waitlists this year. They IB increased from 13% to 15% this year. Moving in the right direction. Though doubtful anyone can truly say how much it will grow next year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here.

For the love of God. I said I was American. Full stop.

As I said earlier, I will identify all of my posts. And I have. and in one of them you said you were Chechen

You, PP, are seriously nuts. Like certifiably so. I'm not trying to slander you or make light of your condition. Mental Heath issues are tough. Although I'm not a real doctor, perhaps stepping away from the keyboard would be a good first step.

OP,
not PP,

and although many are now considering it a joke,
and many on here lie,
you said you were not Italian. Dark hair, blue eyes, wife, two kids, amazing dog and Chechen
an economist for a large organization that had nothing to do with DCPS
I assume your kids are in private school

Were you lying then or are you lying now?

Those of us who are American do not say full stop.

Nor would we entitle a thread a "dispassioned" as opposed to a "dispassionate" view...........

So stop lying. You have had your fun and perhaps recognized the dangers of DCUM

What you and all these PD Stag Hunt to coin a phrase "stoopid" economists fail to recognize
is that there is a large swathe of IB Hardy parents who would never send their kids to Deal OR Wilson

so factor that into your equations while you try to wiggle out of the way you have previously identified yourself

For the love of God. I identify all of my posts. Was the Chechen comment self-identified? Ask your child to help you with reading comprehension. Stress to him to be patient.

My children are irrelevant. They are not in private school. Feel free to keep assuming.

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

As it turns out, I'm a game theorist. So, yes, I COMPLETELY familiar with such concepts as the prisoners' dilemma.

You're confusing matters. The tension in a PD is that everyone has a strictly dominant strategy: fink. Translated here, this is "going private" is the strictly dominant strategy. No one believes, not even yourself.

Instead, what you're actually describing is a coordination game. Stag Hunt is a good example. If you and I agree to work together, we can bring down a large deer and eat like kings. If I work alone, I can catch some rabbits. You too. But if I decide to hunt stag while you go after rabbits, I go hungry while you dine on Bugs Bunny.

Stag Hunt is more applicable here. That's the crux of the matter: if the IB families agree to send their children to Hardy, Hardy will quickly look like Deal. If you look below the surface, it already looks like Deal in several key ways.


An unrelated poster asked about "why would I send my kid to a lesser-quality school (Hardy) when I could just send them somewhere better (private)?" There is a difference in cost, you know. That should be a sufficient answer, but there are other compensating differentials as well.

Moreover, my entire point was that if Wilson is good enough for your child, Hardy is most certainly good enough for him too. If Deal is good enough for your child, you can make a solid case that Hardy is good enough for him too. That's what the data say.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You heard it here first. The uniforms will soon be a thing of the past -- a concession to IB feeder parents who are considering their options.

OP here.

(I'm waiting on a flight and have some time to kill.)

Someone asked about Hardy FARMS last year. You will see the number below. I will also re-post my predictions about Hardy's demographics (in the spirit of a prediction that uniforms will be a thing of the past).

THESE ARE PREDICTIONS:
The IB percentage is 15% for the current year (up from 13%).
The percent White has increased: 13% White (up from 11%).
The percent Asian has increased: 10% Asian (up from 8%).
The percent African-American has fallen: 60% (down from 64%).
The percent Latino is about the same: 14% (it was 14% last year).
FARMS has decreased by 20%: it is now 45% (down from 55%).

Finally, a bonus prediction: within year or two we will all of think of Stoddert in the same way people think of Janney now (for better or worse). Based on test scores, it will be the highest-performing DCPS ES.