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New TypeA+ School Preps Kids for the Digital Age - by Getting Back to the Basics

New Tam Junction business is holding a Grand Opening event, including a Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting, at 4pm on Aug. 28.

From mobile phones to tablets and millions of apps in between, technology is ubiquitous, and our kids’ mastery of it never fails to astound us.

But are they mastering one of the most basic functions of our digital world?

Typing, a skill that dates back to the mid-1800s in Wisconsin, is the focus of one of the newest businesses in the 94941. Barbara Schmidt’s TypeA+, which launched in Santa Rosa three years ago, opened an education center in Tam Junction earlier this month.

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