Macon East Academy

Macon East Academy
Location
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Cecil, Alabama
Coordinates32°18′09″N 86°00′53″W / 32.3024391°N 86.0145863°W / 32.3024391; -86.0145863
Information
Former nameMacon Academy (1963-1995)
TypePrivate
EstablishedSeptember 1963 (1963-09)
NCES School ID00002835
Faculty26.3[1]
Enrollment287 (2016[1])
Campus typeRural
Team nameKnights
Websitemaconeast.net

Macon East Academy is a private PK-12 school in Cecil, Alabama. It was established as a segregation academy in response to the racial desegregation of public schools[2] and serves 287 students.

History

Macon Academy was founded in September 1963 in Tuskegee, Alabama (32.3743789,-85.6599105), seat of Macon County.[3] The school was a segregation academy.[4] Under the direction of Governor George Wallace, the state provided scholarship money to support the school.[3]

In 1995, in the midst of falling enrollments, the trustees moved the school to Cecil, Alabama, a suburb of Montgomery.

Campus

The campus, twenty miles east of Montgomery in a rural area, includes five buildings and outdoor athletic facilities.

References

  1. ^ a b "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Wendy, Parker (2017). "Why Alabama School Desegregation Succeeded (And Failed)". Case Western Reserve Law Review. 67 (4). ISSN 0008-7262.
  3. ^ a b "SEPTEMBER 10, 1963: STATE FUNDS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR WHITES TO AVOID INTEGRATION IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA". Black Then. August 13, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2018.