2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 103
Commending Groveton Elementary School.
Agreed to by the Senate, February 19, 2026
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 23, 2026
WHEREAS, Groveton Elementary School, an outstanding public primary school in Fairfax County, has provided generations of young people with a strong foundation for lifelong learning by cultivating a supportive and nurturing environment that promotes physical, behavioral, and academic growth; and
WHEREAS, Groveton Elementary School traces its deepest roots to 1876, when the School Trustees of Mount Vernon District—Eben E. Mason, Richard L. Nevitt, and Frank F. Triplett—sought to acquire property for a school site by eminent domain, and the Fairfax County Circuit Court appointed commissioners to survey a tract of land belonging to John Collard; and
WHEREAS, the project led to the establishment of a one-room schoolhouse known as the Kirby School on Old Mount Vernon Road, now Route 1, in the Groveton community; and
WHEREAS, by the 1890s, the Kirby School had become known as the Groveton School; at the time, teachers were responsible for the daily maintenance and upkeep of the schoolhouse, and lessons were staggered by grade and subject matter, with one grade of students giving recitations while others worked quietly on long, wooden benches; and
WHEREAS, when the Groveton School became overcrowded in the 1920s, parents petitioned the newly created Fairfax County School Board for a two-room schoolhouse, which was completed in 1925, but the community quickly outgrew the building again, necessitating the construction of Groveton Elementary School, which featured six classrooms and an auditorium; and