Bayou Academy is a non-profit school located in unincorporated Bolivar County, Mississippi, near the City of Cleveland on Highway 8. The school serves about 500 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12. The school is accredited by the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools.
| Bayou Academy | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 33°45′43″N 90°45′47″W / 33.762°N 90.763°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1964[1] |
| Head of School | Will Reed[1] |
| Faculty | 30.5 (on FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten to 12 |
| Enrollment | 350 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.1[2] |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue, and White[3] |
| Athletics conference | MAIS Div. AAA District 1[3] |
| Mascot | Colts[3] |
| Rivals | Lee Academy, Indianola Academy |
| Accreditation | MAIS[3] |
| Affiliation | Non-sectarian[2] |
| Website | www.bayouacademy.net |
History
editBayou Academy was founded in 1964 as a segregation academy.[4] In 1966, the all-white school board sold Skene Attendance Center to a white group called Skene Civic Improvement Society, Inc. for $1.00. The property was then leased to Bolivar Academy, achieving a transfer of public property to the segregationist group.[5] After the United States Supreme Court decided Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education in 1969, ordering the desegregation of public schools in the South, the all-white Bayou Academy doubled its enrollment for the 1970 school year.[6] In 2009, the old Skene school building burned to the ground.[7]
In 2021 the former elementary school principal was arrested for placing a camera in the girls locker room.[8]
Of the 372 students who attended in the 2011–2012 school year, 99 percent were white.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Staff Directory | Bayou Academy". www.bayouacademy.net.
- ^ a b c "Bayou Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
Total enrollment: 254
- ^ a b c d "Bayou Academy". Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ Thornton, Mary (1983-04-21). "A Legacy of Legal Segregation Returns to Haunt a Small Town". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ "Board seeks return of school". Clarksdale, Mississippi: Clarksdale Press Register. November 29, 1983. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jason Sokol (14 August 2007). There Goes My Everything: White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-307-27550-9. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ Hartfield, Charles. "Abandoned School Set Ablaze: Fraternity Fundraiser Jeopardized". Archived from the original on February 1, 2017.
- ^ Warren, Anthony (February 1, 2022). "School principal charged with attempted child exploitation". WLBT. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Bayou Academy". Private School Universe Survey. U.S. Department of Education.
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