Macon East Academy

Macon East Academy
Macon East Academy
Location
	Cecil, Alabama
Coordinates	32.3024391°N 86.0145863°W
Information
Former name	Macon Academy (1963-1995)
Type	Private
Established	September 1963
NCES School ID	00002835
Faculty	26.3[1]
Enrollment	287 (2016[1])
Campus type	Rural
Team name	Knights
Website	maconeast.net

Macon East Academy is a private PK-12 school in Cecil, Alabama. It was established as a segregation academy in response to the racial desegregation of public schools[2] and serves 287 students.

History

Macon Academy was founded in September 1963 in Tuskegee, Alabama (32.3743789,-85.6599105), seat of Macon County.[3] The school was a segregation academy.[4] Under the direction of Governor George Wallace, the state provided scholarship money to support the school.[3]

In 1995, in the midst of falling enrollments, the trustees moved the school to Cecil, Alabama, a suburb of Montgomery.

Campus

The campus, twenty miles east of Montgomery in a rural area, includes five buildings and outdoor athletic facilities.

References

"Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
Wendy, Parker (2017). "Why Alabama School Desegregation Succeeded (And Failed)". Case Western Reserve Law Review. 67 (4). ISSN 0008-7262.
"SEPTEMBER 10, 1963: STATE FUNDS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR WHITES TO AVOID INTEGRATION IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA". Black Then. August 13, 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

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[nces180113-1] "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[2] Wendy, Parker (2017). "Why Alabama School Desegregation Succeeded (And Failed)". Case Western Reserve Law Review. 67 (4). ISSN 0008-7262.

[bt170813-3] "SEPTEMBER 10, 1963: STATE FUNDS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR WHITES TO AVOID INTEGRATION IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA". Black Then. August 13, 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[wj8312-4] Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2018.