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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know the original poster comes across as somewhat snobbish and perhaps not entirely aware of how her comments may sound, but I do think she’s genuinely trying to be helpful.

There is some truth to what she’s saying, although I think much of it reflects a city-versus-county difference rather than a school-quality issue. Families who choose to live in Baltimore City often have different priorities, lifestyles, and perspectives than families who choose to live in the county.

In my experience, schools such as Park, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, and Friends tend to attract many families connected to Johns Hopkins and other universities, while the independent schools in the county tend to attract people with deeper ties to Baltimore and less association with Hopkins families who tend not to be from the Baltimore area. 
It's really about finding the community and culture that best fits your family. I know Howard County families that's in their kids to McDonough and to Park. Both have buses, which are great, but maybe not convenient for a child whose active in afterschool sports. I do know two or three families from Howard County that felt the commute to Park was too much and actually ended up moving to Baltimore to be closer to Park.

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It was an appalling comment and wildly wrong. Parents at McDonogh and St. Pauls are more qualified to wait tables?! Golly.

I do agree there's a personality split between city and county schools. The best way to put it is that county privates lean corporate and business owners, city privates lean professionals and university educators/admin. One caveat and medical parents are everywhere. But there's even a split between Friends/Park and Gilman/Bryn Mawr. They're not totally aligned either. [/quote]

I don’t want to start anything, but I don’t think the original poster was entirely off the mark. Tactless? Yes. Totally wrong? No. There is some truth to what she said. I also think that some of the angry responses may be from people who identify with the county contingent being described. 
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