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Hill Institute A private school serving the public since 1876 Menu Welcome to the Hill Institute Dear Members of the Florence Community The Hill Institute began as an experimental facility to promote the healthy development of local Florence children. It was the oldest free kindergarten in the country and was created when there were only a few kindergartens in the country that were the exclusive property of the wealthy. This is not the case today. The local public schools are meeting and providing the needs of kindergarten students.