Calhoun Academy (Mississippi)

Calhoun Academy (CA) is a private school in Pittsboro, Mississippi founded in 1968 as a segregation academy.[2][3]

Calhoun Academy
Calhoun Academy in 1984
Address
Calhoun Academy
9 County Road 406

Pittsboro
,
Mississippi
38916

United States
Coordinates33.914434°N 89.3259218°W / 33.914434; -89.3259218
Information
TypePrivate
Established1968
FoundersSegregationists
HeadmasterDonald Pendergrast
Enrollment155 [1] (2016)
NicknameCougars
Websitehttps://www.calhounacademycougars.org

History
Further information: Education segregation in the Mississippi Red Clay region

Calhoun Academy is a racially discriminatory institution formed in the wake of public school desegregation to provide a haven for segregated education.

— William Colbert Keady, Cook v. Hudson[4]

[5]

When the Federal government began forcing Mississippi schools to accept black students, many white parents sought ways to avoid sending their children to school with black children. In 1968, Calhoun Academy was created to give white students the opportunity of a segregated education.[4][6]

In 1970, Calhoun Academy lost its tax exempt status when it declined to share its admissions policies with the IRS.[7]

In 1972, the Calhoun County board of education adopted a policy that public school teachers must enroll their children in public schools as a condition of retaining their employment.[8] When 3 teachers were dismissed under this policy, they sued in federal court, alleging that the schoolboard had violated their First Amendment right to freedom of association and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and equal protection.[4] District court Judge William Keady ruled that Calhoun Academy was a racially discriminatory institution and the school board's policy was a permissible regulation to eliminate racial discrimination.[4] The ruling was upheld in a 2-1 ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.[8] The Supreme Court initially agreed to review the case, but ultimately declined to hear an appeal.[9][10]

Campus

The campus is located at the intersection of Highway 9 and Academy Road.

Drug testing

All students in grades 6-12 are subject to mandatory drug testing.[11]

Demographics

As of 2012, the student population was 100% white.[12] In the 2015-2016 school year, the school remained all-white.[1]

References
  1. "Private School Universe". NCES. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. Spencer, Mack (17 May 2004). "Public domain, private options". Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. Bolton, Charles C. (2005). The Hardest Deal of All. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578067176.
  4. Cook v. Hudson, 365 F. Supp. 855 - Dist. Court, ND Mississippi (1973)
  5. "US judge rules on teachers". Delta Democrat-Times. Greenville, Mississippi. November 8, 1973. Retrieved 10 May 2020 – via newspapers.co.
  6. Drinkwater Jr, W. Wayne, and Charles Claiborne Barksdale. Cook v. Hudson: The State's Interest in Integration versus the First Amendment Rights on the Public Schoolteacher Miss. LJ 45 (1974): 953.
  7. "11 Miss. private schools lose tax-exempt status". Hattiesburg American. August 18, 1970. p. 1.
  8. Cook v. Hudson, 511 F. 2d 744 - Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (1975)
  9. "SUPREME COURT SIDESTEPS MISSISSIPPI TEACHER CASE". The New York Times. 1976-12-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  10. Cook v. Hudson 429 U.S. 165 (1976)
  11. "2013-2014 Student Handbook". Calhoun Academy Cougars. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  12. "Students". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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