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| headmaster = John Welch<ref>{{cite web|title=Flint River Academy Headmaster|url=https://www.flintriveracademy.com/headmaster-s-letter |access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref> | headmaster = Alton White<ref>{{cite web|title=Flint River Academy Headmaster|url=https://www.flintriveracademy.com/headmaster-s-letter |access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref>
| principal_label1 = Vice Principal | principal_label1 = Vice Principal
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| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID |00297565|school_name=Flint River Academy |access_date=May 7, 2021}} | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID |00297565|school_name=Flint River Academy |access_date=May 7, 2021}}
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| affiliations = Georgia Independent School Association | affiliations = ]
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| established = {{start date and age|1967}} | established = {{start date and age|1967}}
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'''Flint River Academy''' ('''FRA''') is a ] in ], ]. It is a member of the ]. The school was founded in 1967, when the Federal government was beginning to mandate ].<ref name="Senate">{{cite book |title=Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity |date=March 3–6, 1971 |publisher=United States Senate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oy5K_iRJC2AC&q=flint+river+academy+segregation&pg=PA5499 |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref> The school educates students in grades PK-12. Although the school handbook states they do not discriminate based on race,<ref name="2020 Handbook">{{cite web |title=School Handbook <!-- bad urls url=https://1b239f3b-3df2-441d-90ea-f19dbb958267.filesusr.com/ugd/3a2921_7549e96618a44d97beaf02fc62736ffc.pdf -->|pages=4}}</ref> as of 2018 197 of 199 students were white.<ref name="nces_psch"/> '''Flint River Academy''' ('''FRA''') was created as a ] in ], ]. It is a member of the ]. The school was founded in 1967, when the Federal government was beginning to mandate ].<ref name="Senate">{{cite book |title=Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity |date=March 3–6, 1971 |publisher=United States Senate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oy5K_iRJC2AC&q=flint+river+academy+segregation&pg=PA5499 |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref> The school educates students in grades PK-12 and while the school handbook says it does not discriminate based on race, as of 2020 the overwhelming majority of students were white.


==History== ==History==
As of 1970, the students were bussed to the school from 13 counties. The school urged parents to pool funds to buy busses and pay drivers.<ref name = alj1970>{{cite news |first = Junie | last = Brown | date = May 31, 1970 | title = Busing children a souther way of life |page =9 |newspaper = Atlanta Constitution | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/398563537/}}</ref> According to the ], 45% of FRA students were bussed to school, with an average one way travel distance of 20 miles.<ref>{{cite news|title = Private school bussing cited in Dixie survey| first = Kenneth | last = Reich | page = 12 | newspaper = Los Angeles Times| date = May 11, 1970| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/164200558/}} </ref> As of 1970, the students were bused to the school from 13 counties. The school urged parents to pool funds to buy buses and pay drivers.<ref name = alj1970>{{cite news |first = Junie | last = Brown | date = May 31, 1970 | title = Busing Children A Southern Way of Life |page =9 |newspaper = Atlanta Constitution | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/398563537/}}</ref> According to the ], 45% of FRA students were bused to school, with an average one way travel distance of 20 miles.<ref>{{cite news|title = Private School Bussing Cited in Dixie survey| first = Kenneth | last = Reich | page = 12 | newspaper = Los Angeles Times| date = May 11, 1970| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/164200558/}}</ref>


In 1972, Flint River Academy was expelled from ] because the school refused to cut ties with segregationists.<ref name="as720501">{{cite news|work=Aiken Standard|date=May 1, 1972| page=9| title=Six Schools kicked out for alleged segregation| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/52292317/ |quote=Six schools have been banished from the Georgia Association of Independent Schools (GAIS) after being accused of maintaining segregationist ties... They are ... Flint River Academy in Macon |via=]}}</ref> Segregationist Georgia Governor ] dedicated the school at its opening. In 1972, Flint River Academy was expelled from ] because the school refused to cut ties with segregationists.<ref name="as720501">{{cite news|work=Aiken Standard|date=May 1, 1972| page=9| title=Six Schools kicked out for alleged segregation| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/52292317/ |quote=Six schools have been banished from the Georgia Association of Independent Schools (GAIS) after being accused of maintaining segregationist ties... They are ... Flint River Academy in Macon |via=]}}</ref> Segregationist Georgia Governor ] dedicated the school at its opening.


==Athletics== ==Demographics==
Although the school handbook states the school does not discriminate based on race,<ref name="2022 Handbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.flintriveracademy.com/_files/ugd/613977_3d76afad494d49e2836634b981a9850c.pdf|title=School Handbook 2022-2023|pages=4|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref> 209 of 212 students, or 98.6%, were white as of 2020.<ref name="nces 2020"/>
In addition to academics, the school fields a variety of white athletic teams for varsity and junior varsity including football, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, track, twirl, and shotgun, using the nicknames Wildcats and Lady Wildcats.<ref>{{cite web| title=Flint River Athletics| url=http://flintriveracademy.com/athletics.htm|access-date=2011-05-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503065357/http://flintriveracademy.com/athletics.htm| archive-date=2011-05-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> The school's mascot is the Wildcat. The girls' softball team were crowned GISA champions in 2010 for class AA. The baseball team won the 2008 class A GISA title.
As of the 2020 school year, the school reported to the ] that they had 212 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Of those, 209 or 98.6% were White, 2, or less than 1% were Black, and 1 was of two or more races.<ref name="nces 2020">{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=Flint+River+Academy&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=00297565|title=National Center for Education Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029234659/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00297565|archive-date=29 October 2022|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref> The city of Woodbury is 38% White,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1383896&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=14 December 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> while ] is 40% White.<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=]|access-date=14 May 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

The football team won five GISA championships, in 1980, 2005, 2007, 2016, and 2018. From 2004 to 2009 the Wildcats played in five straight GISA title games, winning two of them. Over this period the team won 44 straight home games and 39 regular season games in a row. The seniors of 2008 finished with a 55-3 record and two GISA titles.<ref>{{cite web| title=GISA Football History|url=http://www.gisa-schools.org/sch_display_activity.asp?category=2|access-date=2011-05-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722150042/http://www.gisa-schools.org/sch_display_activity.asp?category=2| archive-date=2011-07-22| url-status=dead}}</ref> The Wildcats basketball team won the GISA A Championship in the 2018-19 season.


==Activities== ==Activities==
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Latest revision as of 00:27, 15 January 2025

Private school in Meriwether County
Flint River Academy
Location
11556 E. Highway 85
Woodbury, Georgia
Meriwether County
Coordinates32°59′33″N 84°34′19″W / 32.99250°N 84.57194°W / 32.99250; -84.57194
Information
TypePrivate
Motto"Mind, Body, Spirit"
Established1967; 58 years ago (1967)
NCES School ID00297565
HeadmasterAlton White
Faculty22 (on an FTE basis)
GradesK3 to 12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment213 (2018)
Student to teacher ratio8.9
Color(s)Black and gold   
Athletics conference4 AA
SportsFootball, track, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, cheerleading, softball
NicknameWildcats
AffiliationsGeorgia Independent School Association
Websiteflintriveracademy.com
Last updated: 7 March 2019

Flint River Academy (FRA) was created as a segregation academy in Woodbury, Georgia, United States. It is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association. The school was founded in 1967, when the Federal government was beginning to mandate school integration. The school educates students in grades PK-12 and while the school handbook says it does not discriminate based on race, as of 2020 the overwhelming majority of students were white.

History

As of 1970, the students were bused to the school from 13 counties. The school urged parents to pool funds to buy buses and pay drivers. According to the Southern Regional Council, 45% of FRA students were bused to school, with an average one way travel distance of 20 miles.

In 1972, Flint River Academy was expelled from Georgia Association of Independent Schools because the school refused to cut ties with segregationists. Segregationist Georgia Governor Lester Maddox dedicated the school at its opening.

Demographics

Although the school handbook states the school does not discriminate based on race, 209 of 212 students, or 98.6%, were white as of 2020. As of the 2020 school year, the school reported to the NCES that they had 212 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Of those, 209 or 98.6% were White, 2, or less than 1% were Black, and 1 was of two or more races. The city of Woodbury is 38% White, while the county is 40% White.

Activities

Students at Flint River Academy compete in art shows, Literary, and One Act play. Flint River Academy won first place in 2011 in the GISA AA Division of Math Bowl in Americus, Georgia at Georgia Southwestern State University.

Campus

In 2011, Flint River Academy added a 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m) building for students in grades 5 through 8.

References

  1. "Flint River Academy Headmaster". Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Flint River Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. United States Senate. March 3–6, 1971. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. Brown, Junie (May 31, 1970). "Busing Children A Southern Way of Life". Atlanta Constitution. p. 9.
  5. Reich, Kenneth (May 11, 1970). "Private School Bussing Cited in Dixie survey". Los Angeles Times. p. 12.
  6. "Six Schools kicked out for alleged segregation". Aiken Standard. May 1, 1972. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com. Six schools have been banished from the Georgia Association of Independent Schools (GAIS) after being accused of maintaining segregationist ties... They are ... Flint River Academy in Macon
  7. "School Handbook 2022-2023" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "National Center for Education Statistics". Archived from the original on October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  9. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  10. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  11. "Flint River Fine Arts". Archived from the original on May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  12. "Flint River Academy". Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  13. "New Building". Archived from the original on May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
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