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[quote=Anonymous]I am a current parent at Friends School of Baltimore and from my experience, I completely disagree with the previous parent's post about Friends being" toxic." And need to present a different perspective.

My child has attended for 7 years and it has been an amazing and supportive community for them and me as a parent. While I disagree with the previous poster, I believe their review is true for them.  Friends is a school for certain families. The Quaker approach is very specific and the school's agenda is not for students to attend the best of the best colleges, unless that is what is right for the student. Their goal is to attend a college that fits the child. There are plenty of other private schools within a couple-mile radius with the agenda of all their students attending the best of the best and they have a far more competitive atmosphere.  The previous poster mentions understanding the culture and then lists Harvard and Brown - which to me is not the FSB culture. I attended private school locally and went to a well-regarded college, so that should not be a big difference between the poster and myself. Yes, there are issues between the faculty and administration, especially in maintaining faculty of color. And yes, there was a case sexual violence between students in the paste few years. I would be surprised if other schools don't have similar issues but keep it more under wraps.  Matt probably saw that his time was ending and the Board did too. Yes, it was a quick exit but no "gossip" of why has surfaced so it likely is for the reasons already stated compounded by covid.

Anyway, I couldn't let the last post be the only critique of FSB. I do know people who have pulled their children out or have been asked to leave so I do know some families dislike the school. From what I've heard about some of these situations, the conflict has to do with not being a good fit with the Quaker aspects about which the school is strict - they are woven into curriculum and culture (which works for my family). This results in a school with a very very liberal position on social matters (again, fine with me). For example, if you don't want to support the BLM movement, don't send your kid there. If you are okay with your child telling sexist jokes, don't send your kid there.

Bottom line for me, my family has been very thankful for the FSB experience. Has it been perfect? No. But, it has not been "toxic."[/quote]

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