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Originally posted by viet_mom
All the postings on here about "good schools" makes me wonder how I should evaluate a school. ...
Anyone else unduly influenced by the close proximity of a school (or think proximity is over-rated?)
Vietmom
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I am probably unduly influenced by proximity (my situation is similar to yours - the school is close enough that the baltspawn run over to playground all the time when we go for a walk [the back of the school and the back of our house are connected by a field]). I'll probably be used to the cost of private school from the cost of day care by that point, but I'm going to be pissed off if I have to drive them 30 minutes to school each day.
As for evaluation - many states evaluate schools on a variety of criteria and make the results public. Maryland does, and the Washington Post evaluates the greater DC area as well
here. Actually, I see the page also has a
what to look for in a good school guide. I've been looking for information on performance on standardized tests, class size, student body turn over, discipline incident rates, and music, science, phys ed and library resources (not necessarily in that order).
