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title: "Southside Daily: Lightbridge Academy Prepares to Open its First Center in Virginia this Fall"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c443d8c2-d2ca-4af7-806e-3de772c73c19
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/southside-daily-lightbridge-academy-prepares-to-open-its-first-center-in-virginia-this-fall-2703266
category: "Childcare & early learning"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Childcare & early learning"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2017-07-07T15:10:25.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:04.015Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/34e2af5b90ce7c3779b2dd465a8941dd7733.jpg
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# Southside Daily: Lightbridge Academy Prepares to Open its First Center in Virginia this Fall

**TL;DR:** Lightbridge Academy is opening its first center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, marking the brand's expansion into the state. The new center will have ten classrooms, two playgrounds, and state-of-the-art systems.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-07-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/southside-daily-lightbridge-academy-prepares-to-open-its-first-center-in-virginia-this-fall-2703266).*

## Story

Lightbridge Academy franchisees Neil and Jane Yaeger are gearing up to open their first center this fall in Virginia Beach. This location will be the first in the state for the educational childcare company as it continues to expand farther outside the East Coast.

“I’m living out my dream right now,” Neil told Southside Daily. “We’re actually the farthest location from their headquarters, so this is a big deal for them as well. We’re hoping to be that flagship office in Virginia.”

The new two-story center will have ten classrooms, two playgrounds and will be equipped with state-of-the-art systems, including fingerprint technology to access the building and a parent view program where parents can pop in online throughout the day to check-in on their child.

“We want to cater to the military, the medical staff at Sentara for their shifts,” Neil told Southside Daily. “We want to make sure that, as hard as it is for them to drop their kids off, I don’t care if they’re six-weeks or four-years-old, that they actually know they’re going to be in a safe environment.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Lightbridge Academy (company)
- child care (topic)
- Virginia Beach (location)
- east coast expansion (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/southside-daily-lightbridge-academy-prepares-to-open-its-first-center-in-virginia-this-fall-2703266). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c443d8c2-d2ca-4af7-806e-3de772c73c19).