Fairfax-Brewster School

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Fairfax-Brewster School
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Fairfax-Brewster School
Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia
Coordinates 38°51′18″N77°08′04″W / 38.855067°N 77.1343409°W / 38.855067; -77.1343409
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TypePrivate
Opened1955
GradesK-6

The Farifax-Brewster School was a private K-6 elementary school in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia. [1] The school was founded in 1954 by Stuart A. Reiss and Robert S. Reiss, with Robert's wife Olga also serving in an administrative role. [2] [3] [1] The school began operating in 1955 with an average enrollment of 21 students. [3] The Fairfax-Brewster School opened a summer camp the following year, also serving students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. [3] [4] By 1962, 21 students attended the summer camp. [3]

The proximity of the school's founding to Brown v. Board of Education ruling desegregating public schools has led some legal scholars to describe Fairfax-Brester as a segregation academy. [5]

By 1972, enrollment at the Fairfax-Brewster School had grown to 236 students during the school year and 223 students at the summer camp. [3] No black student had ever been enrolled in the school or summer camp. [3] The school faced a federal lawsuit in 1973 ( Runyon v. McCrary ) after denying admission to a black child, Colin M. Gonzales. [3] The school denied having discriminated against black students, saying that Gonzales was not admitted because he would not qualify to begin first grade. [3] The court found that Gonzales was denied admission solely because of his race, a decision that was upheld on appeal to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. [6] : 472  [7] [8]

The Reiss family continued to own and operate the Fairfax-Brewster School until Olga and Robert retired in 1987 and 1988, respectively. [1] [2] By 1989, Norma Brill had become the owner and director of the school and summer camp. [4] The school was sold to Chancellor Beacon Academies in 2000, which was later acquired by Imagine Schools. [9] [10]

In 2006, the school was torn down and several homes were built on the property, most of which have an address on Brill Court, a street named after former owner Norma Brill.

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  2. 1 2 "Robert S. Reiss, 81, private school founder". The Washington Times. 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  5. ↑ Teresa A. Clark, Civil Rights--Private School's Policy of Refusing to Admit Black People Solely Because of Their Race Violates Civil Rights Act of 1866 – 42 U.S.C. 1981 – Gonzales v. Fairfax-Brewster School, Inc., 363 F. Supp. 1200 (E.D. Va. 1973)., 7 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 634 (1974).
  6. ↑ "Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. Extended to Private Education: Gonzales v. Fairfax-Brewster School, Inc". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 122 (2): 471–483. 1973. doi:10.2307/3311273. ISSN   0041-9907. JSTOR   3311273.
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