Terrell Academy

{{Short description|Private K3-12 school in Dawson, Georgia, United States}}

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Terrell Academy is a private K3-12 school in Dawson, Georgia, seat of Terrell County. It serves 380 students. The school has a controversial history as a segregation academy.

History

Terrell was founded in 1970 as a segregation academy.{{cite book| title =Equal Educational Opportunity: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session-92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 10| date=1970| publisher =U.S. Government Printing Office| page=2034| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d017860197;view=1up;seq=110| accessdate=14 January 2018}}{{cite news| title= The town where Carter's pledges are on trial| newspaper = The Guardian| location = Manchester, UK| date =August 8, 1977 | page = 11 | first = Terry | last = Coleman | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/259621555/}} In the summer of 1970, a senior told the Atlanta Constitution she enrolled in Terrell Academy so she "didn't have to spend the rest of her life sitting next to a nigger."{{cite news| title = South Georgia on Forced Integration: Underneath the stifling quite... | first1 = Dick| last1 = Covington | first2 = Mike | last2 = Bowler | date = July 19, 1970| page =22A | newspaper = Atlanta Constitution| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/398558982/}}

In 1973, headmaster Thomas Church told the Atlanta Constitution that racial situation in Terrell County School District boosted the private school’s enrollment.{{cite news| first = Steve | last = Stewart | date =July 1, 1973| page = 20A |title = For learning or for Segregation| newspaper = Atlanta Constitution | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/398707530/}}

In 1977, Terrell Academy director W.C. Woodall acknowledged that the school was founded in response to a court order mandating the integration public school faculty. Woodall stated that although he personally supported racial segregation, black students would be welcome at Terrell.{{cite news| first = Bill | last = Montgomery | page = 12 | newspaper = The Miami News | date = August 9, 1977 | title = White residents are mystified by all the fuss over the Dawson Five | url =https://www.newspapers.com/image/302718237/}}

The school was however granted tax-exempt status in 1970.{{cite web |title=Terrell Academy Inc Form 990 2015| date= 9 May 2013| url= https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/581093162| publisher=ProPublica |accessdate= 14 January 2018}}

Alumni

  • Harry Spilman, baseball player{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Thomas R. |title=He'll Make Big Hit Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-hell-make-big-hit/140970266/ |access-date=15 February 2024 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=4 April 1978 |pages=17}}
  • Cole Swindell, country music performer{{cite news|title=Swindell talks wild year, Terrell Academy days| url=http://www.walb.com/story/28988229/swindell-talks-wild-year-terrell-academy-days| accessdate=14 January 2018| publisher=WALB| date=May 6, 2015}}

In 2020, in grades PK-12, the school had a total of 351 students and 32.1 teachers on a full-time equivalent basis. The school did not report demographic information to the NCES.{{cite web | url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=39866&Miles=20&ID=00296492 | title=Search for Private Schools - School Detail for TERRELL ACADEMY }}

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