Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School
Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School (initialized as MVT, although also most commonly and locally referred to as Mervo) is a public, trade, and vocational-technical high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Mervo was opened in 1953, established as a vocational-technical school that is named after Ottmar Mergenthaler. The school, according to its website, uses its curriculum to "educate students to function in an industrial and challenging technological society." All students must apply and meet certain standards of entrance criteria for acceptance to the school.
In 2008, Mervo has been named by the U.S. News and World Report, a "Bronze Medal" school.
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