History
The GreenMount School was founded by a group of six parents in 1993. These parents, who had previously been homeschooling their children, created a one-room school house with 26 students of various age in the basement of a church on Greenmount Avenue in the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore. The founders set the school up as a parent-run co-op and initially assumed both the administrative and teaching duties. The first full-time professional teacher was hired in 1995 and eventually administrative duties were handed over to a full-time head of school (currently Steve Warner). Parents remained heavily involved in the daily business of the school, however—a tradition that continues to this day, in large part through the parent co-op.
After years of growing enrollment, the school moved to its current location in the former Wyman Park Recreation Center in the summer of 1997. The building is presently leased from the City of Baltimore and abuts a city-maintained playground.
The school currently has an enrollment of approximately 76 students, a fulltime faculty of 7, an adjunct faculty of 6, and three administrative staff members.
Full enrollment is considered 90 students in kindergarten through 8th grade.
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