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  2. Poplar Forest - Wikipedia

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    Designated NHL. November 11, 1971 [3] Designated VLR. May 13, 1969 [1] Poplar Forest is a plantation and retreat home in Forest, Virginia, United States, that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third U.S. president. Jefferson inherited the property in 1773 and began designing and working on his retreat home in 1806.

  3. Bedford County Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Forest Elementary School; ... Thaxton Elementary School (Closed) Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; Middle schools. Bedford Middle School (closed)

  4. New London Academy (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    April 13, 1972. Designated VLR. December 21, 1971 [2] New London Academy is a historic school located in Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. The rising of public schools after 1870 and closing down many of Virginia's private schools led New London Academy joining with the new public school districts of Campbell and Bedford Counties while ...

  5. Thomas Jefferson and education - Wikipedia

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    -- Thomas Jefferson, Elementary School Act, 1817. ME 17:424 Stage I: primary school (ages 6–8) Jefferson proposed creating several five- to six-square-mile-sized school districts, called "wards" or "hundreds", throughout Virginia, where "the great mass of the people will receive their instruction". Each district would have a primary school and a tutor who is supported by a tax on the people ...

  6. Forest, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Forest is a suburban part of metropolitan Lynchburg, containing many subdivided properties carved from and around surrounding farms and woodlands. The Ivy Hill community is the largest development and is built around the Ivy Hill Golf Course. The community has been experiencing rapid growth and development over the past 20 years, especially ...

  7. Newton families have petitions ready for school board ...

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    Nov. 2—Cardinal families are petitioning the Newton school board's decision to remodel Thomas Jefferson Elementary and Emerson Hough Elementary into a preK-1 building and a grades 2-4 building ...

  8. John Wayles - Wikipedia

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    Betty Hemings (1761–1773) Children. 13, including Martha Wayles, James Hemings, and Sally Hemings. John Wayles (January 31, 1715 – May 28, 1773) was a colonial American planter, slave trader and lawyer in colonial Virginia. He is historically best known as the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

  9. Suffolk City Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Suffolk Public Schools is the branch of the government of the city of Suffolk, Virginia responsible for public K-12 education. Suffolk has multiple advanced/honors through its high schools, such as International Baccalaureate at King's Fork, Project Lead the Way Engineering at Nansemond River, and Project Lead the Way Biomedical at Lakeland.