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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"None of the public schools in Baltimore city are particularly good, though the ones you mention are better than most. My kids attend public school in Baltimore County, there is no public school in the city I would send them to. Those that live in the city that can afford private or catholic schools for the most part do so."

This person is clearly uneducated about city schools. I live in Roland Park and there are plenty of people in the neighborhood who send their kids to the Roland Park public school. They have been recognized as an Blue Ribbon school by the state of Maryland, marking it as one of the best in the state.

At the end of the day regardless of schools the major determining factor of your child's success is you. I can't tell you how many friends I have who spend outside of their means  to send their kids to  private school or move to an overpriced suburb, only to have them go to the same colleges as the people from good city schools  with good parents go to, mainly the University of Maryland. If you are considering moving to Baltimore save yourself some money and thoroughly research the public and privates. They are a few good publics. Off the top of my head at the elementary/middle level I know Roland Park, Hampstead Hill, and Mt. Washington are all great.

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I'm the poster you quoted and I have friends with kids at both RP and Mt. Washington.  I wouldn't send my kids there -- the classes are too large- 30  kids in most classrooms, and I've heard too many reports of serious behavior problems in the class room.  In the county, class sizes are closer to 20 per class.  To me, that justifies living outside the city (as does the considerable lower property taxes).  The Blue Ribbon designation is pretty meaningless, a high number of mediocre schools have been given the designation and the designation is given out to a good number of schools each year.  [/quote]

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