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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- we are not military. Moving with two older elementary school age kids and plan to stay in the area through highschool. Not really concerned about which elementary school so focused on middle and up.

Not sure if there are any sort of cultural differences between these areas to be aware of besides the military family presence.  Anyone have an estimate of roughly what percent of kids are military families in these schools? Just curious.[/quote]

We're at Robinson and are not military-connected and I wouldn't say it's a particularly noticeably strong population if you're not involved in it. But I do know there's a sizeable population and they provide a lot of services for military-connected families--though I think the other schools, esp West Springfield might have larger percentage military.  For the most part the people I encounter around here who are military are retired military now working in the government or with a private company.  The culture seems to be overwhelmingly college-educated families--many with grad degrees--often working in government, ngo's or university (Robinson is walking distance to GMU)--along with private companies.  As for culture, it's probably not that different between them--for Robinson, the neighborhoods have a lot of people walking around and there are a lot of typical suburban amenities (hiking trails, lake, parks, pools) and the Robinson kids often walk up to the University Mall after school where there's a cheap-ish theater, coffee shop, smoothie shop, taco place etc.  It feels a lot like my suburban childhood in the 1980s tbh--but with stronger academics than I had.  Robinson has a strong and popular theater program, band, and arts in general.  I imagine the others do too--I'm just not as familiar.[/quote]

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