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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Leesburg Recognized for Early Childhood Education Programs
Town achieves gold status in VML’s “Stairway to Success” program.
Leesburg, VA (October 12, 2016) – The Virginia
Municipal League’s “Stairway to Success” is a friendly
competition among member localities highlighting
the important role local government can play in
supporting early childhood education – even those
localities that don’t operate public school systems,
like the Town of Leesburg. Recipients of bronze, silver
and gold status in the program were recognized at
the VML Annual Conference in Virginia Beach earlier
this week.
The overall goal of the progam is to increase local
government involvement in early childhood
education, as a first step toward developing a well-
educated and informed population.
The Town of Leesburg achieved “Gold” status in the first year of the Stairway to Success
program by documenting programs and activities such as the Parks & Recreation Department’s
A Room to Grow Preschool and recreational programs for young children. In addition, the Town
Council adopted a resolution in support of early childhood education.
“While we easily reached gold status for programs we are already doing, our goal for next year
is to expand activities into other departments and provide employees with volunteer
opportunities that support early childhood education,” said Kaj Dentler, Leesburg’s Town
Manager, after receiving the award.
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