Roland Park Country School senior Maria Ferariu lives with her host family, Brad and Cathy Rees, in their Baltimore home. Roland Park Country has never used host families for athletes, Buckley said, so Rees agreed to host Ferariu in the short term while Roland Park Country searched for a host. Usually, athletes relocate to increase their college attention by contributing to a stronger high school team. “We do FaceTime interviews with the host families, and the school also does a background check . When Roland Park Country Coach Danielle Steinbach asks Ferariu the result of McDonogh’s game the previous night, Ferariu rarely knows.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2019 14:26 UTC