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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are so many assumptions I see here that I just don’t agree with. - Annapolis K-12 public schools are fine. I’d actually rather send kids to Annapolis publics than most of the privates in the area. Annapolis High School is evenly split between white, Black, and Hispanic students. A large percentage of the school is low-income, and a large percentage of the school is also VERY wealthy. You can’t look at that school without accounting for these differences. Students from advantaged backgrounds attending the Annapolis schools actually have academic outcomes that match their counterparts in Severna Park schools in terms of test scores, and they actually do better in measures of college readiness. The privates in Anne Arundel suck. They don’t release their standardized test scores and their SAT scores are lower than many of the publics. Many of the public schools in the area send more kids to T20s than the privates do. The privates in Anne Arundel are very underwhelming, except for the Key School. I live in Davidsonville/Riva, in the South River High School cluster, and my daughter is in a private school currently, but she is applying for the IB program at Annapolis High School. Trust me when I say the privates here are not worth the money, that’s why we’re pulling our kids out and sending them to publics. - Racism: Having lived in inner-DC burbs and the Annapolis area, the racism exists in both areas and it’s pretty much the same. There’s no shortage of racists in Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase. Just look at much of this forum for instance if you want to see proof of that 😉. Besides areas like Pasadena and some pockets in Edgewater, there really isn’t much difference in the racism you’ll see in Anne Arundel County vs the inner-ring DC burbs. - it is true you will find a different culture in most of Anne Arundel County than in DC. The most DC oriented areas in the county are Crofton, Odenton, Davidsonville, and Gambrills, which are all amazing places to live in with great schools and lots of amenities, but they don’t have much of the water access Anne Arundel is iconic for. They’re still close to the water, but there’s no waterfront in these towns themselves (except for Davidsonville). That being said, Annapolis still has a decent portion of DC folk and more have been coming in the recent years. -[b] Severna Park is very underwhelming. It’s very old and outdated, and also very snobby and arrogant. The people there think they are way more rich than they actually are. People mostly move there for the schools or just so they can say they live in Severna Park. There’s no water access unless you live on the water there, and it’s very bland. Most of the people there are from there. Annapolis proper is infinitely better than Severna Park imo. [/quote][/b] This totally matches our impression of SP. People there thought they were so special because they lived there. I mean, it had nice parts and people were nice, but it felt like they thought they were special in a new money kind of way. It felt like they wanted a nicer house so they could say it was nicer, but because they actually enjoyed more space or a quieter setting or even being near the water. [/quote]
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