North Sunflower Academy

North Sunflower Academy

North Sunflower Academy is a private school in unincorporated Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta area.[1] The school is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Ruleville and about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Drew.[2] The school has grades Kindergarten through 12.[3] As of 2002 the school draws students from Doddsville, Drew, Merigold, Ruleville, Slaughter, Tutwiler, and Webb.[4]

The school originated as a segregation academy.[5]

In 2002 the school had about 180 students, a decrease from its maximum of 200 from several years prior. Sarah W. Love, who was the headmaster, said that the lack of industry lead to a decrease in students. Many families moved to Cleveland, Mississippi, where the public schools were considered to be better than public schools in other Mississippi Delta towns.[4]

See also

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  • Educational segregation in Sunflower County, Mississippi

References

  1. ^ "Home." North Sunflower Academy. Retrieved on August 10, 2010. "North Sunflower Academy 148 Academy Road Drew, MS 38737"
  2. ^ "Driving directions." North Sunflower Academy. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
  3. ^ "Admissions." North Sunflower Academy. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "No simple solutions to education, workforce training problems. (Focus Delta & River Cities)." Mississippi Business Journal. May 27, 2002. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
  5. ^ Moye, J. Todd. Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986. UNC Press Books, 2004. 243. Retrieved from Google Books on March 2, 2011. "Sunflower County's two other segregation academies— North Sunflower Academy, between Drew and Ruleville, and Central Delta Academy in Inverness— both sprouted in a similar fashion." ISBN 0807855618, 9780807855614.

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