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I have to say every time I hear about a school that is very pro military I think "very conservative" and "highly mobile". It's a turn off to people who want to stay in the area for a long time. [/quote]

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Just have to chime in here. First, don't make too many assumptions about military views. Yes, the military skews conservative, but there are is a lot more nuance than you might guess and even some progressives (like me!).  Don't think of it as a homogeneous monolith.

And when someone is looking for  "pro military" in a school generally they mean schools that are helpful to kids who haven't been there all along. Military friendly is a maybe a better term. You moved in august and your volleyball prodigy missed volleyball tryouts? Or you moved in the middle of your kid's senior year and she hasn't taken random freshman class xyz that is suddenly a graduation requirement. A "military friendly" school is more helpful and flexible in making this work. A military friendly school will have orientations for new kids, even if they aren't freshmen. etc, etc.  To OP- there is enough transience in DC area in general - not limited to military- that these schools have seen it all before.

Finally, your kids would be lucky to attend school with military kids. I cannot for the life of me figure out how a community which is friendly to military kids is a "turn off."[/quote]

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