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More than 40% of Virginia’s children enter kindergarten unprepared* 90% of brain development takes place before the age of 5**

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5 *Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program, September 2019 **Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond, 2017-2020 Regional Plan for School Readiness