New girls school in Baltimore- Ateres

amother

IndianRed

Fri, Nov 15 2024, 11:09 am

amother Stonewash wrote:

I disagree with you. At the end of the day, the perception is that this will be catering more to the right, so even if that's not what they say, that is who will apply.
It's personally not for my family, but I'm happy to have more schools in town because it will free up the burden on other schools.
The real question is, when will someone start a non-Bais Yaakov frum highschool for girls here?!? That is a very pressing need.

There was one started some years ago but it only lasted a few years before it fell apart.

amother

↑ Winterberry

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 9:58 pm

amother OP wrote:

There’s always rumors but so far nothing….

It was not a rumor. I spoke to the person involved directly this past summer. He told me they were working on it. I do not know if he is still working on it or it fell through.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 10:10 am

amother Winterberry wrote:

It was not a rumor. I spoke to the person involved directly this past summer. He told me they were working on it. I do not know if he is still working on it or it fell through.

Oh I hope so! Are you still in contact with him? Is there any way for me to find out if it’s still in the works?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 10:11 am

amother IndianRed wrote:

There was one started some years ago but it only lasted a few years before it fell apart.

That was a while ago… I think things are right that it would turn out differently this time.

amother

↑ Amber ↓

Yesterday at 10:22 am

amother OP wrote:

That was a while ago… I think things are right that it would turn out differently this time.

Every girls school that opened closed pretty quickly, with the exception of Bnos. Chabad took a few tries, they tried to have a girls school and it didn’t last. Maybe now it’s different since they also have boys school and yeshiva. I think they also have a girls high school.

amother

↑ Pansy

Yesterday at 11:55 am

amother Amber wrote:

yes chabad of Baltimore now has a girls high school

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 12:59 pm

amother Amber wrote:

I think with the graduating OCA classes getting bigger it’s a different situation now. A girls high school may actually work and stay around and is actually very wanted by (hopefully enough) parents in the community .

amother

↑ Amber ↓

Yesterday at 1:41 pm

amother OP wrote:

Could be. Is Beth tefillah too much to the left for a lot of the girls? There’s also Berman and YGW, but it’s a drive to get there.

amother

↑ Stonewash

Yesterday at 2:26 pm

amother Amber wrote:

Could be. Is Beth tefillah too much to the left for a lot of the girls? There’s also Berman and YGW, but it’s a drive to get there.

Something like YGW in Baltimore would be amazing! Beth Tfiloh is way way to the left of that and is not an option for the girls we are discussing. The majority of the BT families are not shomer Shabbos.

amother

Scarlet ↓

Yesterday at 2:32 pm

As someone not from Baltimore, what are the key differences between YGW girls' division and the two existing BY's in Baltimore?

Berman is an MO co-ed school, so I get why that would offer something different.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 2:50 pm

amother Amber wrote:

Could be. Is Beth tefillah too much to the left for a lot of the girls? There’s also Berman and YGW, but it’s a drive to get there.

My kids are at OCA because I purposely don’t want them at BT for high school. Smile

and I know many others as well don’t see it as an option. It is a great school btw just not what we’re looking for regarding the peer influence religiously.

amother

↑ Amber ↓

Yesterday at 2:56 pm

amother Scarlet wrote:

YGW is not a BY school. I don’t know all the differences, but I do know that there is a good number of girls coming to BY every day from silver spring.

amother

↑ Amber ↓

Yesterday at 2:58 pm

amother OP wrote:

My kids are at OCA because I purposely don’t want them at BT for high school. Smile

and I know many others as well don’t see it as an option. It is a great school btw just not what we’re looking for regarding the peer influence religiously.

How close are they to high school? Where are you thinking of sending them?

amother

↑ OP

Yesterday at 3:10 pm

amother Amber wrote:

How close are they to high school? Where are you thinking of sending them?

Still not in middle school yet.
I don’t know!
I honestly have no idea what I will do with my girls.
I don’t have to worry about it yet but I will at some point.

amother

↑ Scarlet ↓

Yesterday at 4:21 pm

amother Amber wrote:

YGW is not a BY school. I don’t know all the differences, but I do know that there is a good number of girls coming to BY every day from silver spring.

Is the difference mainly in the demographic makeup of each student body? Just from looking online, YGW seems a lot like the OOT community BY in my community, but bigger. Better limudei chol, more activities.

amother

↑ Amber

Yesterday at 4:43 pm

amother Scarlet wrote:

I don’t really know. I don’t know how big the school is, there are girls who go there from Baltimore. I think the uniform is slightly different, I think they have polo shirts? I’m trying to remember if they send to convention.
What I mean by it isn’t a bais Yaakov is that it doesn’t have bais Yaakov in its name, etc. it’s a frum school.
https://www.imamother.com/foru.....40959
This is an old thread about YGW. Maybe it can help explain the differences?

amother

↑ Scarlet

Yesterday at 5:12 pm

amother Amber wrote:

https://www.imamother.com/foru.....40959
This is an old thread about YGW. Maybe it can help explain the differences?

Thanks, that helped some.