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[quote=Anonymous]OK Langley and McLean are really bad choices for what you described so you probably want to disregard those suggestions entirely.

I have a military teenager who moved a lot. We live around a ton of military teenagers who move a lot.

Burke and West Springfield should be at the top of your list. There are a ton of military kids around and the schools really get their needs because they have so many, not just academic needs like finding ways to make their classes fit VA requirements but also their social needs.

Your kids are beyond elementary age, but an example would be Sangster Elementary having a military families association that sponsors events throughout the year geared towards military families, or Hunt Valley having a principal who was a military brat who does an exceptional job helping military kids transition and adapt.  They do veterans day recognitions all the way up to the high school where the kids do a small poster recognizing their military parents, and there are dozens to hundreds of kids with military parents at each of the schools in this area.

There are streets where 1/3 or more of the families have military roots in WS and Burke. There is a lot to be said for moving teenagers to an area where they immediately have a peer group of kids with similar experiences, to schools that understand their needs.

I would say that Hayfield Pyramid, parts of Alexandria and Arlington, South County/Lorton and Robinson pyramid are probably the most similar in that regard and are places where you will find that type of community and support for your kids.

I do not think that a lot of those other areas mentioned are. One, places like McLean are really out of the budget for most military families so they just do not move there. Two, commute to the Pentagon is really easy from places like WS or Burke and there is an established community plus good schools so those areas are just a smarter choice for those military with kids who want to live in VA.

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