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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can always switch for middle or upper school if the fit isn't good.[/quote]

This is something I've thought about as well.  McDonogh is so well respected that if it ends up not being a good fit, I'm pretty sure DS would have good chances to get into other schools.  [/quote]

This is true among many of the Baltimore privates. The majority of my children's classes have stuck with the school they began in, with some increased movement for middle and upper school. There are kids from Friends lower who end up at Gilman middle, kids from Bryn Mawr middle who end up at McDonogh upper. The schools are also excellent about working with parents to find appropriate placement for children. One of my youngest's good friends left McDonogh because it wasn't a good fit, but is thriving at my youngest's school. The younger brother of another has moved from Gilman to Friends. There is no stigma and it just means the kids have someone who can introduce them to other kids at the mixers and sporting events.[/quote]

We are also considering two of the Jewish schools (Krieger Schechter and Beth Tfiloh), and I'm not convinced that they are in the same league academically with respect to transferring.  Some kids from those schools do very well academically and could transfer out, but it's not as safe of an assumption.  Perhaps I am off base in this regard though.  Basically, I think it would be no problem to switch from McDonogh to Schechter/BT, but it would not necessarily be as easy to switch from Schechter/BT to McDonogh (or Gilman, Friends, etc.). [/quote]

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