Neighborhood Study

Hardy Middle School is currently located in a temporary location in the Florida Avenue/New York Avenue area of northeast while the permanent building undergoes major renovations. Because its current location has a surrounding area predominately made up of warehouses, railroad tracks, and row houses, I decided it would be best to study the neighborhood surrounding the school's permanent location in Georgetown. Mainly, this decision was due to the fact that Hardy's students are most used to this neighborhood since this is where the majority of them live. Because of this and the nature of how unsafe the area surrounding its current temporary location is, the PTA provides daily coach charter service before and after school between the permanent and temporary locations.

The following link is to my Google Map of Hardy's neighborhood. While the majority of the area is made up of residential homes and apartments, the majority of the community resources are located along Wisconsin Avenue to the school's east. However, there are a couple of educational institutions to the west of Hardy, including Georgetown University and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, one of the DC school system's top ranked high schools.

I hope that you find the surrounding community as rich in wealth and resources as I did. If I were a student at Hardy Middle School, and attended the school at its permanent location, I would certainly feel safe and well supported by the surrounding community.

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