Why are DMV Private Schools 40% More Expensive than Baltimore Schools?

[Anonymous]

Grew up in Potomac , went to Mater Dei and Churchill the UMD. The Baltimore private kids always seemed interested me. They all kind of know each other and it's a huge lax-bro culture. More old fashioned with generational wealth and class division.

Baltimore is a real place.. Hardscrabble , charm ,grit , character and tough to admit but more authentic style than DC.

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^^ typos iphone .

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Anonymous wrote:Don't lots of Baltimore private school kids live in the burbs?

Baltimore County has good public schools, so most suburban residents send their children to public schools unless they have a family connection to a private school or a religious reason to pursue private education. The majority of the children in my children's classes live in the city. We are the only family in my suburban neighborhood who send our child to a secular private school, a couple other families send their children to Catholic schools. The majority of our suburban neighbors send their children to the public schools.

McDonough? Kids drive from the city to McDonough?

Boys Latin? Kids from the burbs generally go yo Gonzaga but this is not true about boys Latin?

Yes kids drive from the city to McDonough. Suburban kids go too, of course. Why is it surprising that people who live in the city might send their children to private schools in the burbs? Or that people in the city where public high schools aren't considered that good, might be more willing to pay tuition for private schools than people who live in the burbs where public schools are generally considered reasonably good?

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Anonymous wrote:Don't lots of Baltimore private school kids live in the burbs?

Baltimore County has good public schools, so most suburban residents send their children to public schools unless they have a family connection to a private school or a religious reason to pursue private education. The majority of the children in my children's classes live in the city. We are the only family in my suburban neighborhood who send our child to a secular private school, a couple other families send their children to Catholic schools. The majority of our suburban neighbors send their children to the public schools.

McDonough? Kids drive from the city to McDonough?

Boys Latin? Kids from the burbs generally go yo Gonzaga but this is not true about boys Latin?

Yes kids drive from the city to McDonough. Suburban kids go too, of course. Why is it surprising that people who live in the city might send their children to private schools in the burbs? Or that people in the city where public high schools aren't considered that good, might be more willing to pay tuition for private schools than people who live in the burbs where public schools are generally considered reasonably good?

Just wondering. DC kids rarely drive out if the city to go to private school.... Though this is becoming the new normal.

I am very interested in Baltimore privates. Job opportunities there, we went to dc privates and I understand those schools, just don't understand the Baltimore schools. Thinking of moving to hoco and sending kids to private.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't lots of Baltimore private school kids live in the burbs?

Baltimore County has good public schools, so most suburban residents send their children to public schools unless they have a family connection to a private school or a religious reason to pursue private education. The majority of the children in my children's classes live in the city. We are the only family in my suburban neighborhood who send our child to a secular private school, a couple other families send their children to Catholic schools. The majority of our suburban neighbors send their children to the public schools.

McDonough? Kids drive from the city to McDonough?

Boys Latin? Kids from the burbs generally go yo Gonzaga but this is not true about boys Latin?

Yes kids drive from the city to McDonough. Suburban kids go too, of course. Why is it surprising that people who live in the city might send their children to private schools in the burbs? Or that people in the city where public high schools aren't considered that good, might be more willing to pay tuition for private schools than people who live in the burbs where public schools are generally considered reasonably good?

Just wondering. DC kids rarely drive out if the city to go to private school.... Though this is becoming the new normal.

I am very interested in Baltimore privates. Job opportunities there, we went to dc privates and I understand those schools, just don't understand the Baltimore schools. Thinking of moving to hoco and sending kids to private.

No one from Howard county sends their kids to Baltimore schools -- it is a 40 plus minute drive each way during rush hour. There are a few good privates out in Howard county. The Baltimore privates each have unique strengths and weaknesses, and I would say 50/50 division between kids that live in Baltimore County and those that live in city. Fairly uncommon for city kids to attend Mcdonough or Garrison Forest, but it happens a bit. McDongough has its own bus service. Public schools in Baltimore County are good, but middle and high schools are large (not unlike MoCo) and some send their kids to private for that reason.

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Anonymous wrote:I am very interested in Baltimore privates. Job opportunities there, we went to dc privates and I understand those schools, just don't understand the Baltimore schools. Thinking of moving to hoco and sending kids to private.

Oh. Howard County folks don't tend to use the Baltimore private schools, unless there's a strong family history. It's typically city people and residents of northern Baltimore County. There are some HoCo and others, of course, but they're a small minority.

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Anonymous wrote:In related news, Baltimore is a shithole.

This. Lived there and it's a dangerous dump of a city.

Ah, relax, princess. It ain't the most glamorous town around, but there's a lot to love about Baltimore. But you just stay in NW DC or Fairfax county or wherever you feel safe. More for us, hon.

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Sigh. The city isn't...how shall we say it... "manicured," or built up with gleaming new chain restaurants. But it has a lot of character, a lot of nice places to spend time, and it's very down-to-earth/honest and diverse. (My neighborhood has a range of incomes, and several distinct communities, and I am on a first name basis with most of my neighbors, something I've experienced in few places.) To me, this city is very comfortable and a lot of fun, even with the problems. Its problems are not insignificant, but neither are they insufferable. I plan to stay here for life, assuming our jobs hold, and yes, I have small children. It doesn't hurt that my mortgage is only 150,000.

Anyway, I get it: Baltimore is a very particular kind of place, and you either really like it old brick buildings and working class cities that have converted store fronts to weird little cafes, or you don't. In your case, I presume, this isn't your cuppa. But to claim this makes the city "a dangerous dump" (or a "sh***ole" as an earlier poster said), just makes you sound like you left the burbs and couldn't "deal." Its like listening to people who don't like spicy food brag about how they are incapable of eating anything but hamburgers. We can go eat hamburgers if you want, but do you really have to go on about your narrow palate?
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I live in Columbia heights - no one can accuse me of being some fragile suburbanite flower. And I stand by my earlier statement that Baltimore is a shithole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Baltimore is traditionally a private school town. There are many more private schools per capita.
Gilman
Saint Paul's
Boys Latin
Loyola blakefield
Archbishop Curley
Bryn Mawr
Calvert
Cathedral
Friends
Green mount
Notre Dame (2 of them )
Mercy
Lab School
Mount St Joes
Park School
Roland park
St Francis
Keough
Waldorf
Annapolis Chistian
Archbishop Spauling
Mount de Sales
Oldfield
McDonough
Cardinal Gibbons
Severn
Saint Marys
Glenelg country day

I'm sure I missed many. For a smaller population.

Nice list. Baltimore and HOCO also using Good Counsel since it's so near HOCO.

[Anonymous]

^^^ left out Calvert hall and Towson catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ left out Calvert hall and Towson catholic.

Towson Catholic closed!

[Anonymous]

We live in the city, and my kid is about to start at Gilman. I'm curious as to whether most of his classmates will be from the county or city… I'll report back.

I feel really lucky that such a great school is 10 minutes away from our house!

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There are bus stops in HoCo.

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McDonogh, Garrison Forest, St Paul's, and Park all have bus systems ( some are quite extensive) and all so pick ups as far away as Columbia Mall and Annapolis. Similarly, kangaroo coach, a private bus service that takes kids to Gilman, RPCS, bryn mawr, BL, and Friends, has buses with pick ups in coLymbia. My kids at Gilman and RPCS have plenty of classmates from lutherville, timonium, cockeysville, Stevenson.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ left out Calvert hall and Towson catholic.

Towson Catholic closed!

so did Cardinal Gibbons, hon.

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Anonymous wrote:There are bus stops in HoCo.

Glenelg Country School or Good Counsel would be the logical choices. Though IMO not worth it if you are living in HoCo in a good district. YMMV.