The nursery school
The present-day building of the so-called “old nursery school” originally housed the People’s School, which was erected in 1876. It was a two-storey brick building with three large classrooms and a flat for the school manager, which was considered modern and spacious by the 19th century standards for a Galician village. The construction costs were covered by the Municipality of Kozy, the Manor Farm and the High Imperial School Board. In the initial stage of erecting the building, the cornerstone was walled up in the foundations together with a tin containing a special letter written for the occasion, a number of current newspapers and a few coins. During that period, the institution was headed by a highly dedicated teacher and schoolmaster Jan Włodyga, originally from Żywiec. In addition to teaching the basic curriculum, Włodyga conducted classes in beekeeping and fruit farming, organised talks for adults, and took part in symposia, conventions and rallies. He also ran a reading room in the school building, which was regularly supplied with new books and magazines. A few years earlier, more than 200 pupils attended the cramped and damp hall of the organist’s house, which stood opposite the present “old nursery school” building (plac ks. Karola Kochaja) until the nursery was finally relocated to the People’s School in 1949. After 8 years, the State Nursery School was moved to the Grabowski Villa, where it functioned until 1962, and following the construction of the Millennial School, the nursery school returned to the old school, where it still operates today. In 2018, the nursery received a second building, spacious and airy, at ulica Akacjowa.