70-538: WJC may refer to: Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools , Virginia William Jefferson Clinton (born 1946), the 42nd president of the United States (1993-2001) Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (1969–2002), South African cricketer World Jewish Congress , an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations founded 1936 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , an annual event organized by
140-641: A historic C&O station built in 1908 for Norge has been preserved. It was relocated in 2006 to the site of the Croaker Branch of the Williamsburg Regional Library . Following historical research, the Norge Station was repainted in its original livery , featuring a bright orange as the primary color. In the first half of the 20th century, Grove had two rapid periods of growth associated with military expansion during
210-641: A magistrate. He was often called "Judge Roberts". Historians credit him with being instrumental in the growth of the Grove Community. He helped some of the families displaced from "the Reservation" to obtain financial compensation from the federal government. The Grove area is now part of what is called the Roberts Magisterial District of James City County, perhaps in honor of Judge Roberts or other members of his family. As
280-406: A mix of landowners and tenants. The property acquisition meant that the government also purchased land from businesses and a church. Residents migrated from Magruder mostly to Grove. One congregation relocated Mt. Gilead Baptist Church from Magruder to Grove, where they built a new structure along U.S. 60 in 1943. The church maintains cemeteries at its new and former locations. Although access to
350-406: A new townhouse project, and many new detached single family homes. While the mobile home parks are not expanding, in some instances owners are replacing units with new or much newer mobile homes on the existing lots. Throughout Grove, there are few vacant lots for additional mobile homes. James River Elementary School and Abram Frink Community Center are co-located in a modern complex. The school
420-528: A ninth elementary school were opened and began operating in September 2010, at the start of the 2010–11 school year. The Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools system (known informally as "WJCC"), as of 2020, has approximately 11,300 students in 16 schools —9 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. Within the county's boundaries there are two established high schools, Lafayette , and Jamestown . A third high school, Warhill , opened in
490-595: A nursing home, day care facilities, a modern community center and a magnet school of the Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools (WJC). Prior to World War I , many African Americans lived just west of the current unincorporated town of Lackey in York County , where they (and their ancestors) had purchased land as freedmen or rented under sharecropping arrangements and established homesteads, particularly after
560-461: A public elementary school in Williamsburg, was opened in September 1989. Originally built to house 600 students, it was expanded in 1992 to increase its capacity to 800 students. The three high schools , all of which are within the county's borders (though they have Williamsburg addresses), are Jamestown, Lafayette, and Warhill High Schools. All are considered above average institutions. For
630-576: A state atlas in 1895, Grove had a population of 37 persons and its own post office. Today it reaches approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) along U.S. Route 60 , known locally as the Pocahontas Trail. Nearby Grove Station was established by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) under the leadership of Collis P. Huntington . In 1881 the C&;O's Peninsula Extension was built through
700-586: A supply and munitions base near Yorktown adjacent to the York River . Under Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson , the US Navy took a sizable piece of land to create the needed military base, initially known as a mine depot. Many homes were taken, and three churches were displaced. Some 600 residents, mostly African Americans who worked as farmers and fishermen, were displace and moved to other portions of York County and nearby Williamsburg. A few crossed
770-506: Is based on schedules rather than days. The last option is on-site learning taking place Monday through Friday. No later than 10 days after this plan was made, the district had to scrap it due to the growing severity of Covid-19. For the first nine weeks of school, students would be required to learn over online instruction. This way of learning is different than that of the Spring, because attendance and participation would now be graded. Due to
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#1732771779678840-471: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools The Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools (locally known also as WJCC or WJC ) is a combined public school division which serves the independent city of Williamsburg and James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of
910-545: Is located somewhere nearby, although the site has not been identified. The site of the historic Kiskiack Indian village, Chiskiack , was a few miles to the north. The Kiskiack were one of a number of Algonquian -speaking historic tribes at the time of encounter with the English. When the English settlers established Jamestown in 1607, the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom included most Native tribes in
980-568: Is now part of the Peninsula Subdivision of CSX Transportation . For thousands of years, various cultures of indigenous peoples occupied areas along the waterways. Prior to the arrival of Spanish and English settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries, they were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers , although more complex civilizations arose among the Mississippian culture. Scholars believe a major historic American Indian village
1050-831: Is now within the grounds of Hampton University , a historically black college established soon after the war. After the War, many freedmen settled in inland areas of the Peninsula, either as landowners, tenant farmers, or renters who worked as watermen. While the southern side of the peninsula along the James River had long been occupied by large plantations, the northern side along the York River , west of Yorktown , had not been as heavily developed. Many freedmen moved into this area, establishing close-knit communities in mixed towns, as well as majority-black towns such as Lackey and Magruder . More than 100 years after Wolstenholme Towne
1120-590: The American Civil War . This close-knit community, along the old Yorktown-Williamsburg Road, was sometimes informally called "the Reservation," was called Lackey. It had been rapidly settled by freedmen after the Civil War, as they wanted to establish homes and institutions free of white supervision. As the United States became involved in World War I in 1917, the U.S. Navy determined to establish
1190-729: The American Revolution . Initially, the English of the Virginia Company of London chose Jamestown for their first settlement of the Virginia Colony . They arrived in 1607 in a fleet of three ships commanded by Christopher Newport . ( See main article Jamestown, Virginia ) After five difficult years, the new colony gradually began expanding. Settlers established plantations along the James River , largely to grow non-native strains of tobacco . This
1260-566: The Church of England , and served the area including Wolstenholme Towne. It was later combined with Yorkhampton Parish in adjacent York County . When the privately owned Virginia Company lost its charter in 1624, Virginia became a royal colony. In 1634, the English Crown created eight shires (i.e., counties ) in the colony of Virginia, which then had a total population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants. James City Shire , as well as
1330-497: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and open to the public from the 1970s until 2003. In 2007 the property was sold back into private ownership. Grove's contemporary development began with African-American settlement by freedmen from Carter's Grove and other plantations following the American Civil War . Its population was fewer than 100 people until after the turn of the twentieth century. During
1400-463: The Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia . The system consists of approximately 11,000 students in 16 schools, of which there are 9 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The system employs 800 instructional staff members and over 600 support staff members. The district formed in the mid-1950s when the city and county systems combined. A new middle school and
1470-531: The Newport News city limits near Lee Hall by Skiffe's Creek . Historic places in Grove related to Virginia colonial past include the archaeological site of Wolstenholme Towne , the administrative center of Martin's Hundred . It was rediscovered in 1976 on the grounds of Carter's Grove Plantation , built in 1755. The plantation was occupied by private owners through the 1960s. It was owned and operated by
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#17327717796781540-610: The Virginia Peninsula subregion of Virginia in the United States . It is located in the center of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia , communities linked by the Colonial Parkway . This area is one of the busiest tourist destinations in the world. Grove is located about 7 miles (11 km) east of Williamsburg along U.S. Route 60 . Grove is bordered by the James River and separated from
1610-580: The York River in present-day Gloucester County , about 15 miles (24 km) as the crow flies from Grove. By the mid-17th century, the English had forced Native Americans remaining in the area on to reservations north of the York River. By working and living together, some had assimilated into the general population of European colonists and freed slaves of African heritage. Over the decades, white indentured servant women, African men, and few Indians married and created free mixed-race populations before
1680-473: The 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of these were antiques acquired in the 1920s from an auction at Westover Plantation , long the home of descendants of William Byrd III . A landmark in the Grove Community, Carter's Grove Plantation was opened to the public by the CW Foundation for tours and interpretation of the mansion and reconstructed slave quarters. Public access was ended in 2003. In 1976
1750-522: The 2001–2002 academic year, the public school system was ranked among the top five school systems in the Commonwealth of Virginia and in the top 15% nationwide by Expansion Management Magazine . There are also two regional Governor's Schools in the area that serve gifted and talented students. As of the 2010–11 school year, a new 9th elementary and a new middle school (replacing James Blair Middle School) opened. Although planned to operate separately,
1820-469: The Camp became Fort Eustis . During World War II, when Virginia still had racial segregation laws, many black and other minority U.S. Army personnel stationed at Fort Eustis were restricted to living in separate housing in the Grove Community. In 1971, the U.S. Army agreed to a land swap with Anheuser-Busch in return for a larger parcel located directly across Skiffe's Creek from Fort Eustis (adjacent to
1890-466: The Civil War and named after nearby Grove Creek, which drains into the James River about 6 miles (9.7 km) east (downstream) of Jamestown . Grove Wharf at the confluence of Grove Creek and the river is shown on some early maps of Virginia. Many freedman likely continued at the plantation as tenant farmers and workers after the war. Until 1918, the Grove Community was lightly populated. Its residents worked mostly as farmers and fishermen. According to
1960-669: The Foundation conducted an archeological survey of the grounds. Near the river, the survey team rediscovered the long-lost site of Wolstenholme Towne . Noted archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume documented the archaeological dig that explored the site. The Foundation reconstructed part of Wolstenholme Towne and added it to the public tours and interpretation of the large plantation. In 2003, CW Foundation decided to concentrate on attractions closer to its Historic Area near downtown Williamsburg . It closed public access to Carter's Grove Plantation, which reduced tourist interest and revenue for
2030-613: The Grove community. Closer to the Historic Area, the CW Foundation developed another interpretive site for the African-American colonial experience in Virginia. CW sold Carter's Grove to private owners in 2007, with certain protective covenants to help preserve the nature of the site. Carter's Grove Country Road formerly offered a one-way, narrow, paved link to the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg . After it
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2170-495: The James River and Jamestown, took its name from King James I , the father of the then-king, Charles I . About 1642–43, the name of the James City Shire was changed to James City County. James City County received the first slaves whom the English imported to Virginia. Beginning in 1619, the English brought Africans to the colony as indentured servants . Increasingly toward the end of the 17th century, they hardened
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2240-571: The Lightfoot area in August 2007. The ninth elementary school, JB Blayton, opened in 2010 along with the new middle school to replace James Blair, Lois S. Hornsby Middle School . In 2018, James Blair Middle School opened, to be the most recent school to open in the WJCC Schools district. Covid-19 put a stop to classes during the 2019-2020 school year, forcing classes to be held online during
2310-525: The US Navy acquired the property of another small town Magruder , located about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Williamsburg in York County, and hundreds of acres of surrounding land to establish a U.S. Navy base for Seabee training. The base was initially called Camp Allen, and was later named Camp Peary . Like Grove, Lackey, and other small post-Civil War communities in northern York County, Magruder's residents were mostly African American. There were
2380-602: The United States became a participant in World War I, Camp Abraham Eustis was established in 1918 in neighboring Warwick County. It encompassed Mulberry Island and some adjacent mainland. A few miles upstream, also along the James River, a satellite facility, Camp Wallace, was established in 1918 as the Upper Firing Range for artillery training. Camp Wallace was the first site of the Army's aerial tramway . In 1923
2450-506: The WJCC school board and over 10 members of the public voiced their concerns over being able to watch their children play in sporting events. Due to the pandemic, they suggest starting with zero spectators being allowed to watch events, but they would look into it as seasons progressed. There would later be access watch the events online. The academics of students took a toll during the 2020-2021 school year. Based on standardized testing results,
2520-485: The World Wars. It received African-American residents displaced by government land acquisition for two large military reservations established by the U.S. Navy in adjacent York County . With their compensation, the new residents built new homes in the community, with contemporary amenities including electricity, running water and sidewalks. Grove includes residential areas, churches, neighborhood retail businesses,
2590-554: The York River and settled in Gloucester County . The largest portion chose nearby James City County, where a substantial number relocated to Grove, which was south of the Navy land. Notable among the area's black population was John Tack Roberts . Born into slavery in approximately 1860, he was a farmer and self-taught man. He "read the law" with an established firm (a common practice for whites as well in that era) and became
2660-607: The area from its previous eastern terminus in Richmond to reach the coal piers and the new city of Newport News at the southeastern tip of Warwick County . Although a number of local railroad stations were established along the route, the primary purpose of the railroad was to transport through- coal traffic. This traffic pattern has continued into the 21st century under C&O successor CSX Transportation . Local stations were established in James City County along
2730-470: The area. There were a few that were unaffiliated. The paramount chief, known as the Powhatan , had created his powerful empire in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He conquered or affiliated by agreement with approximately 30 tribes whose territory covered much of southeastern Virginia. This was called Tenakomakah . A capital of this confederacy, Werowocomoco , was located near the north bank of
2800-426: The average student is behind academically by seven months, while Black and Hispanic students are behind by 10 months. Furthermore, the pandemic widened racial and socioeconomic gaps as it highlights lack of computer and internet access. The school board has seven members - two from Williamsburg and five from James City County. As of circa 2015, of the 11,000 students, about 1,100 (about 10%) live in Williamsburg and
2870-451: The base at Camp Peary is highly restricted, families and others from the church may gain permission to enter to visit and tend to the old cemetery. Magruder Avenue in Grove was likely named after the many new residents from the former town of Magruder during World War II. A small but historic section of the northwestern edge of Grove is physically located in York County . It is listed on that county's Historical Resources Survey (as are
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2940-408: The colonial years. Colonists rebuilt the settlement a few years later, and protected it by a cross-peninsula palisade to the west completed in 1634. They abandoned Wolstenholme Towne around 1643 after Williamsburg was made the capital. The structures fell into ruin and the site became taken over by vegetation; it was lost until 1976 (see below). Martin's Hundred Parish Church was established by
3010-586: The company's Williamsburg brewery, Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park , an office park, and the Kingsmill resort and planned community . Grove has attracted industrial development related to regional businesses. Grove is largely a bedroom community . Housing in Grove is generally considered more affordable than in many other areas of the fast-growing James City County. Many families have lived there for generations. Housing consists of older detached single-family homes situated on lots, with many dating to
3080-655: The decision being made to have the first semester virtual, parents might want to change the learning path for their child. The school district reopened registration for families to opt in and out of. The district also had to figure out a way to provide meals to students, because many parents relied on the schools to feed their children. WJCC public schools would start distributing grab-and-go breakfast and lunch meals during Covid-19 starting March 2020. Students would be eligible to receive free meals until June 30, 2021. These meals were paid for by U.S. Department of Agriculture's Summer Food Service Program. 9,512 meals were distributed in
3150-411: The first phase, a new building will be constructed beside the current James Blair school building. In the second phase, the old building will be demolished and a new building will be constructed in its place. The final project will cost around $ 40 million and house around 900 students. Grove, Virginia Grove is an unincorporated community in the southeastern portion of James City County in
3220-415: The first week of January, and more than 386,000 were given out since March 16, 2020. Meals were bagged and organized in plastic crates. The students could reheat their meal when they got home. Covid-19 would also prevent parents from watching their child play in sporting events, which would cause some backlash. Furthermore, junior varsity teams were not able to even be formed. At least three members on
3290-468: The former sites of the "lost towns" of Lackey and Magruder). The Grove community consists of about 1,100 families, who support a scattering of schools, churches, and retail businesses. It is located on a rural postal delivery route and carries the mailing address of Williamsburg, Virginia 23185. That historic city is located about 5 miles (8 km) to the west. Between Williamsburg and Grove are Anheuser-Busch industries and developments, including
3360-537: The highway was routed through Grove. Warwick County treasurer and civic leader Simon Curtis held a ceremony at the Lee Hall Depot in 1924 to celebrate the completion of first hard-surfaced roadway (concrete) between Newport News and Williamsburg. Two-lane U.S. 60 continues to form the main thoroughfare through the largely residential and neighborhood business section of Grove. It parallels the four-lane State Route 143 and Interstate 64 . During World War II ,
3430-540: The labor system to create a racial caste of slavery for African workers and their families. Dutch and British ships transported large numbers of slaves from Africa to the Virginia Colony. On the labor-intensives tobacco plantations, planters replaced indentured laborers with slaves, who also served as household and skilled workers. In the later 17th and 18th centuries, economic conditions improved in England, so
3500-646: The larger, remaining portion of Blair for its offices. While current facilities will be adequate to meet most of the system's needs, a future renovation of the Blair complex for reuse as a middle school is anticipated, possibly by 2017. In 2017 a new middle school will be built on the James Blair site, with plans to be opened in fall 2018. The WJCC School Board accepted a proposal by the Superintendent on October 21, 2014. The proposal includes two phases. In
3570-429: The new railroad at Diascund , Toano , Vaiden's Siding (Norge) , Kelton (Lightfoot) Ewell , Williamsburg, and Grove. While by 2009, Grove Station was long gone, other former C&O railroad stations to the east at Lee Hall and to the west at Williamsburg were extant. The latter serves intercity passenger rail service of Amtrak . The former C&O station from Ewell also survives in an adaptive reuse. Further west,
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#17327717796783640-588: The remainder are in James City County. All high schools hold students in grades 9–12. All middle schools hold students in grades 6–8. All elementary schools hold students in grades K–5. James River Elementary School, located in the Grove Community in the county's southeastern end, is a magnet school . It offers the IB Primary Years Programme , one of only five such schools Virginia as of October, 2006. [1] Clara Byrd Baker,
3710-638: The remainder of spring of 2020. The school year was able to be carried out with relative ease, but the district would need to make changes for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. The Virginia Department of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local health experts collaborated to figure out 4 different learning paths for students for 2020-2021. The first path had students work from home and get their assignments through remote instruction. The second path had students alternating days between getting in-person instruction and remote instruction. The third path also has students alternating, but it
3780-654: The southeastern edge of the Greenmount Industrial Park). Along with land sold by Colonial Williamsburg , the former Camp Wallace land became part of a massive private development. Nearby, the Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park opened in 1975, as well as a large brewery, and the Kingsmill Resort . With the coming of the automobile as a common form of travel in the early 20th century, state and national attention
3850-404: The southeastern edge, available sites and frontage on the James River and Skiffe's Creek are zoned for industrial purposes. These have been attractive to developers of new and expanded businesses. Grove occupies part of the narrowest portion of James City County, bordering the James River to the south and York County to the north. With the exception of lowlands near the river, most of Grove
3920-477: The status of the white mother, under the principle of partus sequitur ventrem , which Virginia had adopted into law in 1662. Known as free Negroes or free people of color , some of the people stayed in the area. Others migrated to urban or frontier areas away from the plantation areas where racial strictures were more severe. Richmond, which was an economic center, and Petersburg , which had industrial jobs, became early centers of free blacks in Virginia. There
3990-552: The supply of indentured laborers decreased. Early Africans became free after serving their period of indenture. Some individual slaves were freed as early as the mid-17th century by manumission . Some earned their freedom by separate labor, and others escaped. By far the greatest number of free African-American families in Virginia during colonial times were formed by marriage and unions between white working-class women and African men, whether indentured servant, slave or free. The children and their descendants were free because they had
4060-625: The two World Wars, Grove increased markedly in population. In part this was due to attracting hundreds of displaced people, mostly African American , who were uprooted by federal land acquisition for major waterfront military installations in nearby James City and York counties. Navy bases established were the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown , the Cheatham Annex supply complex, and Camp Peary . As of early 2008, many new homes were under construction in Grove. Along
4130-563: The two schools are adjacently-located off Jolly Pond Road near the present county school bus garage. The new schools were formally dedicated on October 2, 2010. An audience of close to 100 people joined the school board, members of the James City County Board of Supervisors and Williamsburg City Council and the families of the namesakes for the ceremony. The new schools are: The newest middle school, Hornsby, will effectively replace James Blair Middle School. The Blair complex
4200-476: The two world war periods of rapid growth, and a number of newer houses. The latter are both interspersed in older neighborhoods and concentrated in newer subdivisions. Several large condominium projects and mobile home parks provide other choices. Two larger mobile home developments feature modern amenities, such as underground wiring, curbs and gutters, paved driveways, street lighting, and community playgrounds. As of 2007, residential development continued with
4270-459: Was abandoned, Carter's Grove Plantation was built on part of the Martin's Hundred land for Carter Burwell . He was the son of Elizabeth Carter Burwell and her husband Nathaniel Burwell. Carter Burwell was the grandson of the wealthy planter Robert "King" Carter (of Lancaster County ). He bequeathed the land before his death, requiring that it be called Carter's Grove. The new plantation house
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#17327717796784340-563: Was an enterprise of the Martin's Hundred Society, a London-based investment group operating under the auspices of the Virginia Company of London. Not far from the riverfront, the new Wolstenholme Towne , the Martin's Hundred administrative center, was established. Most of the population of Wolstenholme Towne was killed in the Indian Massacre of 1622 , one of the largest incidents of loss of life by Virginia settlers during
4410-470: Was completed in 1755. In its long occupancy since then, the Carter's Grove mansion was renovated by a series of owners, the last major changes being of the late 1920s era. The last private owner died around 1964. The plantation moved into philanthropic ownership. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (CW) owned the plantation from 1969 until 2007. It furnished the mansion in many period pieces, primarily of
4480-405: Was damaged during Hurricane Isabel in late 2003, it was closed permanently to traffic. The primary access to the plantation on U.S. Route 60 was reopened shortly after the storm. The property has been closed to the public since 2003. The Grove Community is located about a mile inland and parallel to the riverfront adjacent to the large Carter's Grove plantation. It was formed by freedmen after
4550-460: Was directed to improving roads. Because Grove was unincorporated and had a relatively small minority population at a time when blacks had been disenfranchised by the turn of the century Virginia constitution and discriminatory practices in voter registration, they had no say over routing of new highways. In the 1920s the new U.S. Route 60 was routed through the community from Williamsburg , displacing some homeowners and businesses. The construction
4620-408: Was introduced and successfully exported in 1612 by colonist John Rolfe , who later married Pocahontas , daughter of the Powhatan . About 7 miles (11 km) downstream from Jamestown on the north bank of the river, just east of Grove Creek, the Grove area was originally settled by English colonists in 1618 as part of Martin's Hundred . The proprietary plantation of over 20,000 acres (80 km )
4690-664: Was mass emancipation of slaves during the years of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Despite Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, the US Army retained control of Fort Monroe at the eastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. It became a destination for slaves seeking freedom behind Union lines. By 1863, many heard President Lincoln 's Emancipation Proclamation read under the Emancipation Oak . This tree
4760-489: Was originally built as a high school, and is one of the school division's older structures. For the 2010–11 school year and the immediate future, the division plans to operate only 3 middle schools, although a newer portion of the Blair complex is scheduled to be modified to accommodate the Academy for Life & Learning, an alternative education program for older students. The school system's central administration will utilize
4830-454: Was originally heavily wooded. Much of it still is. Grove Creek and Skiffe's Creek , each tributaries of the James River, provide local drainage. The latter also constitutes the eastern border of Grove (and the county), which adjoins the Lee Hall area of the independent city of Newport News . The former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) runs along the northern edge of Grove. It
4900-573: Was part of the Good Roads Movement . It bridged Skiffe's Creek into Warwick County to Lee Hall . The state chose this routing rather than a competing route via Halstead's Point in York County (now within the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ). Earlier, the east-west road which became U.S. 60 was State Route 9 . SR 9 was renumbered as State Route 39 in 1923. It became U.S. 60 in the mid-1920s when
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