Ruxton Hills

I was a student of MWS from Kindergarten to the end of sixth grade, and I’d have never expected it to go so downhill after the principal changes a few years ago. To all parents, I am literally begging you not to send your kids here. The education, teachers, students, were all great years ago, but since then it has changed dramatically. There are fights almost every day, and the teachers don’t seem to do anything about it. The teachers bicker and gossip about the students like children— they should not be educators. The students being elementary and middle schoolers, they need to have inspirations. Most of the time family isn’t enough, so they take school with them too. The teachers will literally bully the students, and then the students will bully the other students. You will not be learning. In sixth grade, I had an 100 in every single class. Though, for some reason, I can’t quite seem to remember ever having any piece of work that was graded. Or any piece of work, end of sentence. The school lunch is just normal Baltimore City Public School lunch, it’s going to be bad no matter what. The staff that is hired to care about students mental health, do not care about students mental health. The staff also does not seem to care about the importance of the fact that those 8th graders are supposed to be high schoolers next year, not stingy 1st graders. Transferring was the best decision that I have ever made. I’m not joking, do not go to this school.

If your son has any sort of learning difference (or potentially develops one as the years go on), Gilman is a disaster. Learning support is almost nonexistent and the school makes little effort in that regard, regularly changing its policies to make assistance even more difficult to receive. Given the prevalence of ADHD and other learning issues in the community at large, I cannot recommend this school.

Bryn Mawr is a very good school. The homework load may be a lot but, it has very good teachers and Academics.

Every teacher in that school should not know about my child, they do a lot of gossiping. The principle is lacks passion. I thought this school being a special education school would be different for my Heather, but it is no different then a special needs class within a typical school. The principle Beltran is very disconnected from the students, and could be doing a lot more to foster a better environment and opportunities and advocating on the children's behalf. Very disappointed in Ridge Ruxton.