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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia early learning partnership is more than doubling its impact by adding seven schools for families of pre-kindergarten children.
Toyota, The Education Alliance, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation and the United Way announced the additional Born Learning Academies at the Capitol on Thursday.
The schools are free and teach parents and caregivers of children up to five years old to use regular daily moments as learning opportunities. The program includes six monthly workshops.
The additional academies will be in Boone, Lincoln, Kanawha, Hancock, Putnam Marion and Raleigh counties. That brings the total statewide to 13 academies, including two others in Putnam, and one each in Mason, Preston, Cabell and Wayne.
Toyota gave the program $52,000 Thursday, bringing its investment to $130,500. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation gave $38,200.
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