Norfolk had kindergarten in 1930.
Kitty
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From: "Ann Avery Hunter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: kindergarten in VA


> When I started school in Richmond in 1940, we spent a year in Junior 
> Primary 1, a year in Junior Primary 2, and then went into the 2nd grade. 
> Although JP1 wasn't called Kindergarten, that's basically what it was.
>
> Ann
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Metz, John (LVA)
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:40 AM
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> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] kindergarten in VA
>
> A short, and probably incomplete answer is that the Virginia Department of 
> Education first provided state-aid to funding for Kindergarten classes in 
> 1966.  That said, I would be almost certain that the kindergarten concept 
> was implemented in places throughout Virginia as its popularity grew 
> beginning with its introduction into the United States in the 19th 
> century.
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