North Florida Christian School

Last updated
North Florida Christian School
Address
North Florida Christian School
3000 N Meridian Rd

Tallahassee
,
Florida
32312

United States
Coordinates 30°29′13″N84°16′42″W / 30.486897°N 84.278237°W / 30.486897; -84.278237
Information
Type Private, Christian
Established1966
CEEB code 101677
NCES School ID 00263795 [1]
AdministratorTom Phillips
Number of students506
Campus Suburban
Campus size30 acres (12 ha)
Color(s)Red, White and Black    
Mascot Eagles
Website www.nflschool.org

North Florida Christian School (NFCS) is a private Christian school in Tallahassee, Florida, originally founded as a segregation academy. [2] The school is administered by North Florida Baptist Church, formerly known as Temple Baptist Church.

Contents

History

Originally known as Tallahassee Christian School, [2] it was founded in 1966 by Temple Baptist Church pastor Rayburn L. Blair and headmaster James Pound. Pound served as principal and school superintendent until his retirement in 1988.

Although the school is open today to students of all races, it was founded by white parents, one of several segregation academies started in response to the federally mandated racial integration of Leon County Schools. [3]

Among the parents who withdrew their children from public schools and enrolled them at NFCS were Board of Regents member Fred Parker and state senator Miley Miers. Parker told the AP that he enrolled his four children in NFCS because he didn't want them to be subject to desegregation busing. Parker added that an advantage of NFCS was that the private school's bus service had a stop near his home. [4] Miers said he moved her three children to NFCS since so they would not "suffer" from the end of the separate-but-equal doctrine. [5]

In 1970, NFCS signed an agreement to lease the Old Sealey School campus from the Leon County school board for $5.00 per day. [6] In response to the lease, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare blocked the public school system from receiving a $200,000 federal grant since the school board was aiding a racially segregated private school. [7]

NFCS hosted a campaign rally for George Wallace's 1972 presidential campaign. Wallace later claimed he had no prior knowledge of flyers distributed at the rally promoting school segregation. [8]

In 1975, school head James Pound told the Tallahassee Democrat that the school had turned down all black applicants to avoid racial conflict at the school. [9]

In 1978, NFCS expelled three students because their parents tried to start a parent teacher organization independent of the school. About 100 parents attempted to form the PTA to improve academic standards at the NFCS. The school, which at the time had over 1700 students, sent a letter to all parents explaining that if they disagreed with the church's administration of the school, they should withdraw their children. [10]

School faculty of Tallahassee Christian helped establish another segregation academy, Gadsden Christian Academy (now known as the Tallavanna Christian School) in Gadsden County in 1971. [11]

Demographics

In 2018 the school reported to the NCES the following: 506 total students, of whom 261 were White, 147 Black, 23 Hispanic, 7 Asian and 12 of two or more races. [1]

Accreditation

NFCS is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

1986 FHSAA player eligibility controversy

In 1986, the football team included a student who transferred in violation of FHSAA regulations. The FHSAA declared each game in which the student participated be forfeited, making the school ineligible for the playoffs. NFCS sued in state court and was granted an injunction allowing it to participate in the playoffs. The court later upheld the ruling allowing the student's participation. [12] [13]

State championships

NFCS athletics state championships [14] [ third-party source needed ]
TeamYearClassificationHead CoachRecordChampionship Game ScoreOpponentLocation
Baseball19953AMike Poseyn/a2-0Keystone HeightsEd Smith Stadium, Sarasota
Baseball20072AMike Poseyn/a6-1MontverdeEd Smith Stadium, Sarasota
Baseball20112AMike Posey24-48-4Orangewood ChristianDigital Domain Park, Port St. Lucie
Girls Basketball20082AAaron Krausen/a54-44Lafayette (Mayo)The Lakeland Center
Football19962ATim Cokelyn/a34-7Glades DayDaytona Bch. Mun. Stadium
Football19982ATim Cokelyn/a30-13American HeritageUniversity of Florida
Football19991ATim Cokelyn/a23-13Fort MeadeUniversity of Florida
Football20001ATim Cokelyn/a20-16Fort MeadeUniversity of Florida
Football20012ATim Cokelyn/a28-16Fort MeadeFlorida State University
Football20081ATim Cokely10-217-7Fort MeadeOrlando
Football20112ARobert Craft13-069-0Admiral FarragutCitrus Bowl
Football20182ASteve Price9-428-20Champagne CatholicCamping World Stadium

Notable people

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quincy, Florida</span> City in Florida, United States of America

Quincy is a city in and the county seat of Gadsden County, Florida, United States. Quincy is part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area. The population was 7,970 as of the 2020 census.

Glades Day School is a K-12 private school in Belle Glade, Florida. It is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools. It was founded in 1965 as a segregation academy by white parents in response to the court-ordered desegregation of Palm Beach public schools. It opened as Pahokee Day School and was renamed in 1967 as Day School of the Glades when it purchased and renovated the former Everglades Memorial Hospital in Pahokee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leon High School</span> Public coeducational secondary school in Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Leon High School is a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is the oldest public high school in the state, and is a part of the Leon County Schools System.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Segregation academy</span> Segregationist private schools in the US

Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, and 1976, when the court ruled similarly about private schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Briarcrest Christian School</span> Private coeducational school in Eads, Tennessee

Briarcrest Christian School is a private, coeducational, Christian school in Eads, an unincorporated area of Shelby County, Tennessee. The school was founded as a segregation academy during the racial integration of public schools in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, it serves students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The school also offers "early school" for ages 2-4.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trinity Presbyterian School</span> Private day school in Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Trinity Presbyterian School is a Christian day school serving grades K3-12th located in Montgomery, Alabama. It was founded in 1970

The history of Tallahassee, Florida, much like the history of Leon County, dates back to the settlement of the Americas. Beginning in the 16th century, the region was colonized by Europeans, becoming part of Spanish Florida. In 1819, the Adams–Onís Treaty ceded Spanish Florida, including modern-day Tallahassee, to the United States. Tallahassee became a city and the state capital of Florida in 1821; the American takeover led to the settlements' rapid expansion as growing numbers of cotton plantations began to spring up nearby, increasing Tallahassees' population significantly.

Dade Christian School is a private Christian school that enrolls kindergarten through 12th grade students in Miami, Florida.

Temple Christian School is a private, Christian secondary school in the ministry of Cornerstone Baptist Temple. The school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and serves approximately 200 students. Temple Christian's mascot is the tiger. Their motto is "A Quality Education in a Christian Environment".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amos P. Godby High School</span> Public coeducational secondary school in Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Amos P. Godby High School is a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida, named for Amos P. Godby, who first served as a teacher and coach at Leon High School, and later became Leon County Superintendent and President and Secretary of the Florida Superintendents Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Kenzie Steele</span> American civil rights activist (1914–1980)

Charles Kenzie Steele was a preacher and a civil rights activist. He was one of the main organizers of the 1956 Tallahassee bus boycott, and a prominent member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. On March 23, 2018, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed CS/SB 382 into law, designating portions of Florida State Road 371 and Florida State Road 373 along Orange Avenue in Tallahassee as C.K. Steele Memorial Highway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maclay School</span> Private school in Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Maclay School is an independent, non-sectarian college-preparatory school in Tallahassee, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doak S. Campbell</span>

Doak Sheridan Campbell was from 1941 to 1957 president of Florida State College for Women and its successor coeducational school, Florida State University. He oversaw the creation of this new university. His opposition to the admission of African-American students has caused controversy about the naming of Doak S. Campbell Stadium in his honor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southside Christian School</span> Private christian school in Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States

Southside Christian School is a private K–12 Christian school in Simpsonville, South Carolina. SCS was established in 1967 and is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International. SCS serves approximately 1,300 students beginning at 24 months of age and continuing through 12th grade on one campus. Students are divided into Early Education (EE2–EE5), Elementary School (Kindergarten–5th), Middle School (6th–8th), and High School (9th–12th).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bayshore Christian School</span> Segregation academy in Florida, United States

Bayshore Christian School is a private Christian school in central Tampa, Florida, United States, providing education for children from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. The school was founded as a middle school in 1971 as a segregation academy when the court ordered racial integration of public schools required white middle school children to be bused to formerly black schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the school reported a diversity rate of approximately 40% during the 2017–2018 school year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gadsden County School District</span>

Gadsden County School District (GCPS), or Gadsden County Schools (GCS), or Gadsden County Public Schools (GCPS), is a school district headquartered in the Max D. Walker School Administration Building in Quincy, Florida. It serves Gadsden County as its sole school district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert F. Munroe Day School</span> School

Robert F. Munroe Day School is a K-12 private school in Gadsden County, Florida, which was opened as a segregation academy in 1970.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chattahoochee High School (Florida)</span> Defunct high school in Florida, United States

Chattahoochee High School (CHS) was a public middle and high school in Chattahoochee, Florida. It was a part of the Gadsden County Public Schools. In its final years it was also known as Chattahoochee High Magnet School (CHMS).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tallavana Christian School</span> School

Tallavana Christian School (TCS) is a private K–12 school Christian school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, near Havana, that was founded as a segregation academy. It is a ministry of the Tallavana Church, and it is in proximity to Quincy and Tallahassee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greensboro High School</span> Defunct high school in Florida, United States

Greensboro High School was a public high school in Greensboro, Florida. It was a part of Gadsden County Public Schools. West Gadsden High School, established in 2004, absorbed students who formerly attended Chattahoochee High School and Greensboro High School. The former Greensboro High campus was used for several years as the site of West Gadsden High; it now houses Greensboro Elementary School.

References

  1. 1 2 "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for North Florida Christian School". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  2. 1 2 White, Headley J. (2006). "Effects of Desegregation on Gadsden County, Florida Public Schools 1968-1972 (PhD thesis)". p. 25 (PDF p. 33.
  3. ↑ Glenda Alice Rabby, The Pain and the Promise: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Tallahassee, Florida, Athens, Ga., University of Georgia Press, 1999, ISBN   082032051X, p. 255.
  4. ↑ "Regent, Rep. Miers put kids in private school". Miami News. September 10, 1970. p. 10.
  5. ↑ "Action Sought against White Alabama parents". Commonwealth. Greenwood, MS. September 4, 1970. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Alachua Schools Integrated by 15%". The Miami Herald. September 5, 1970. Retrieved 10 February 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "A $200,000 reminder". Tallahassee Democrat. February 18, 1971. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ David Schultz (March 8, 1972). "School issue: Wallace denies knowing about leaflets at Rally". The Palm Beach Post. p. A1..
  9. ↑ "Court ruling hits private school bias". Tallahassee Democrat. May 29, 1975 – via Newspapers.com. Pound said there are no blacks presently at the school and none have applied since the late 1960s. Several blacks did apply then, he said, but were turned down in order to avoid racial conflict at the school.
  10. ↑ Effron, Seth (July 30, 1978). "Pastor says paper wages a vendetta". Tallahassee Democrat. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ White, Headley J. (2006). "Effects of Desegregation on Gadsden County, Florida Public Schools 1968-1972 (PhD thesis)". p. 29 (PDF p. 37.
  12. ↑ FHSAA v. Temple Baptist Church, Inc. 509 So. 2d 1381 - Fla: Dist. Court of Appeals, 1st Dist. 1987
  13. ↑ Gray, W. Blake (November 6, 1988). "Lake Gibson group to appeal forfeits". The Tampa Tribune. p. 6D – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ http://www.fhsaa.org/records FHSAA Championship Records
  15. ↑ "NBC.com> The Apprentice > Candidates". www.nbc.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-28.
  16. ↑ "Bio Pages - Political News - FOXNews.com". Fox News . Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  17. ↑ Henry, Jim (24 October 2016). "TV personality, former NFC star Ledlow robbed at gunpoint" . Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  18. ↑ Rice, Ken (February 22, 1990). "Clutch sophomore". Tallahassee Democrat . p. 39 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  19. ↑ "John Nogowski Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com". MLB.com .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.