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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 Roland Park and Mount Washington are good schools. 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 can't do the comparison because most kids with higher SES don't go through the system past fifth grade so there really isn't any basis for the comparison you are claiming would come out in your favor (and the majority never even enter the public system).  The criticisms I've heard of these so-called good schools (and I do agree they are better than the majority of city schools) is that the facilities aren't great because city has no money to put into them (no playground is an issue for most people), the advanced curriculum is way behind county or public schools (because so much effort goes into dealing with those kids who come to school behind from lower SES areas),and that class sizes are very large.   There is a lot of educational research on why each of these factors can hurt students.   With a lot of outside work, I suppose a parent could make up for these deficiencies, or they could just send their kids to a school that doesn't have these same challenges (either one of the many private schools that parents in those communities tend to use, or move to the county for better publics).  You may be willing to bet on putting your kids in the Baltimore city school system for K-12, but it isn't accurate to claim most higher SES families who live in Baltimore city are willing to do so.  Similarly, my friends who have moved outside the city public system have found their kids behind initially, particularly in writing and math.  Telling people that the Baltimore City school system is great, IMO, is inconsistent with the truth, and not what most people here believe.  The curriculum and facilities really are behind both the privates and county publics.   Your claim that these factors don't matter isn't really credible to me.  [/quote]

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