Eric Hartley: Annapolis High, 'not an option'?

The comment stuck with me: "Annapolis High is not an option."

I heard it over dinner with some friends who were talking about where to send their children to school in a few years.

It's not surprising to hear parents mulling private school, or debating which public school is the best for their kids. But it was the finality of the phrase that struck me: "Annapolis High is not an option."

I've heard much the same from other people, worried about fighting, drugs or academic struggles at the public high school.

Annapolis Principal Don Lilley has heard it all before, too, and he answers the...