I cannot comment on the Navy housing situation. We are AF, and looks like we are headed to Germany in June, so if anyone is looking for a house...its a 4br colonial with a water view in Edgewater...oits on militarybyowner currently. As for late bday and kindergarten, I think most parents just pay for preschool and then do kindergarten the following year...if you are saying you think your child is ready for K early, then you can fight the school and go through testing. We have a gifted daughter and thats the route we would have gone, she is currently a year ahead in preschool...but since we are moving to Germany, I think learning a new language will put her back with her age group. You can also try private school. We toured Key school last month and I got the feeling they would work with advanced kids to place them in the proper situation.
For living areas...the best schools are going to be Severna Park...thats probably 20-30 minutes for the Academy. We live in Edgewater, The elementary doesn't show me much, but the HS is good. this area is a cheaper alternative to the higher priced water priviledged areas. We have 5 comm beaches, marinas, etc. Its an eclectic area...where you are starting to see million dollar houses go up because of the water, but a summer shack still sits next to it.
Ive lived in MD most of my life and never go to downtown Annapolis. I guess its nice and has some nice resteraunts, but I just find it boring, Id rather go to Baltimore for The Nat Aquarium, The Sc Center, etc. Places like Riva, Edgewater, Arnold, etc are just outside of Annapolis and offer water access, plus the ammenities of a more suburban community...Target, Mall, chain resteraunts, Grocery stores, etc.
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