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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox schoolColumbia Academy is private school in Columbia, Mississippi, that was founded as a segregation academy in 1969 to provide white-only education.

History

Columbia Academy was created in September 1969 for white students in grades 1-8 as an alternative to attending public schools with black students.[1][2] Grades 9-12 were added in January 1970, after a meeting at the Marion County Annex.[3] The first headmaster was Thomas Blakeney.

While the school has a non-discriminatory admissions policy, over 99% of the student body are white.[4] As of 2018, the school had 460 students, 457 of whom were white, and designates itself a Christian school. Of the three non-white students, one was Asian, one was Hispanic, and one was black.[5]

Admissions policy excludes married or pregnant students, and any student who becomes married or pregnant is not allowed to continue.[6]

In 2019 Columbia Academy was one of several segregation academies awarded money by the Mississippi State Legislature through a program for students with disabilities, even though the school does not provide services for those students.[7]

Notable people

Logan Cooke, NFL punter[8]

References

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