ATLANTA – State Representative Trey Kelley (R-Cedartown) recently celebrated Georgia Pre-K week by reading to students at three elementary schools in Bartow and Polk counties. As part of Georgia Pre-K week, which took place from October 7-11, 2019, Rep. Kelley read to a classroom at Taylorsville Elementary School, a classroom at West Side Elementary School and three classrooms at Cherokee Elementary School.
“Visiting the schools in House District 16 is always a valuable and rewarding experience, and Georgia Pre-K week is a tradition I look forward to each year,” said Rep. Kelley. “I am proud of our state’s Pre-K program, which builds an educational foundation for our children and invests in bright young minds.”
Voices for Georgia’s Children, which hosts Georgia Pre-K Week, gave this brief history on Georgia’s Pre-K program: “In 1992, Governor Zell Miller launched a pilot program called Georgia Pre-K. The lottery-funded program served 750 four-year-olds in the state. Georgia Pre-K is a voluntary, free program available to all of Georgia’s four-year-olds regardless of parental income. Now, 27 years later, the program has laid a solid foundation for academic excellence and future success in the lives of approximately 1.6 million children.”
For more information about Georgia Pre-K week, please click here.
*Editor’s note: photos of Rep. Kelley celebrating Pre-K week are attached.
Representative Trey Kelley represents the citizens of District 16, which includes Polk County and portions of Bartow and Haralson counties. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 and currently serves as House Majority Whip. He also serves as Secretary of the Judiciary and Higher Education committees and as a member on the Code Revision, Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Way & Means and Health & Human Services committees.
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