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That's a nice statement, but it just isn't accurate.  Talk to your friends about the curriculum, number of students in the classroom, and facilities --no comparison between even the "best" schools in the city and the schools in the county.  Mt. Washington, which is consistently touted here as a wonderful school doesn't even have a playground for its K-2 school.  Classes are overcrowded at RP, Mt. Washington, and other "good" schools because the community can't fill the classroom, so kids are bussed in until the class is deemed "full."[/quote]

I tend to agree with others who say [b]Roland Park and Mount Washington are good schools[/b]. I have relatives attending both and their parents are more than satisfied.

You still failed to address the important point, do kids from Roland Park and Mount Washington with decent parents end up in a similar place in life as kids going to privates or to schools in the count? I think this was an interesting point raised. If they do all tend to end up in a similar place then issues of class size etc. are kind of moot. Do you know of academically inclined Roland Park or Mount Washington kids who were unable to get accepted into competitive colleges? I only happen to know one graduate of Roland Park and they are currently excelling at Hopkins.

Here is a link to the Baltimore crime map the city has plenty of crime, but in Roland Park there does not appear to be a problem http://www.baltimorepolice.org/your-community/crime-map

Am I missing something here?[/quote]

Yes you are, you are missing the point that it's not just the destination, it's the journey to getting there. [/quote]

"Good schools"

You sure do have a low standard. For Roland Park On 62% are proficient in English and 58% proficient in Math? That's a D and an F.

The situation for Mt Washington is even more abysmal. 44% proficient in English and 36% in Math. Those schools are FAILURES.

nobody with any money who cares about their kids would send them there.

Plus those schools are nearly all black and white. It's not like ESL can even be used as an excuse. [/quote]

I don't know what you are referencing but I looked up the report cards by grades on the Maryland Department of Education website and by all measures the school is scoring well above Maryland averages. Since race is so popular on here I'm sure if you isolated it to white students alone it'd be even higher.

Do you have kids at RPEMS? Just wondering. It's a school that highly educated families with parents who are doctors and lawyers and researchers and Hopkins faculty and staff feel very comfortable sending g their children to. For all practical purposes it's no different from going to the popular elementary schools and Deal in NW DC. [/quote]

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