Bayou Academy

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Bayou Academy
Location
Bayou Academy
1291 Crosby Road
Cleveland, Mississippi 38732
Coordinates 33°45′43″N90°45′47″W / 33.762°N 90.763°W / 33.762; -90.763
Information
Type Private
Established1964 [1]
HeadmasterCurt McCain [1]
Faculty30.5 (on FTE basis) [2]
GradesPre-Kindergarten to 12
Enrollment350
Student to teacher ratio7.1 [2]
Color(s) Royal Blue, and White [3]
  
Athletics conferenceMAIS Div. AAA District 1 [3]
MascotColts [3]
RivalsLee Academy, Indianola Academy
Accreditation MAIS [3]
AffiliationNon-sectarian [2]
Website www.bayouacademy.net

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.

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History

Bayou 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]

Sports

Bayou Academy Elementary hosts several sports for different grades including: cross country (boys and girls), swim (boys and girls), peewee basketball (boys and girls), peewee cheer (girls), peewee football (boys). The sports in Bayou Academy high school register in grades starting at 7th grade and ends with 12th grade. The following sports are played by both male and female: Track, cross country, basketball, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis. The next few sports are male only: Football, baseball. The following sports are female only: Cheer, softball

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References

  1. 1 2 "Headmaster". Bayou Academy. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bayou Academy". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved 2008-02-12. Total enrollment: 254
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bayou Academy". Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Board seeks return of school". Clarksdale, Mississippi: Clarksdale Press Register. November 29, 1983. Retrieved 15 July 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Hartfield, Charles. "Abandoned School Set Ablaze: Fraternity Fundraiser Jeopardized". Archived from the original on February 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Warren, Anthony (February 1, 2022). "School principal charged with attempted child exploitation". WLBT. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Bayou Academy". Private School Universe Survey. U.S. Department of Education.


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