Houston Academy
Houston Academy | |
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Address | |
901 Buena Vista Drive 36303 United States | |
Coordinates | 31°14′40″N 85°26′57″W / 31.24444°N 85.44917°W |
Information | |
Type | Independent |
Established | 1970 |
CEEB code | 010910 |
Headmaster | Dr. Vince Janney[1] |
Color(s) | Royal blue and Columbia blue |
Mascot | Raider |
Website | www |
Houston Academy is a non-profit independent college preparatory school in Dothan, Alabama. The school offers instruction to children from preschool through grade 12. The nineteen acre campus is located on the west side of Dothan in a middle class residential area.
History
The school was founded in 1970 in response to integration of the public schools in Dothan, as a way to maintain segregated schooling under the guise of private education. This history received national attention in 2016, when
While the school no longer enforces a ban on non-white students, in 2015 only eight black students were enrolled and thirteen percent of the student population were minorities of any kind.[4]
Mark Saliba, the current mayor of Dothan, was a chairman of the school's board from 2007 until 2014. [5]
References
- ^ "[1]". Houston Academy. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ISBN 9780743260862.. Dothan Eagle. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- Cook, Jim (July 27, 2016). "Houston Academy has changed since Hillary Clinton's 1972 visit" - ^ "Houston Academy Made Tax-Exempt Status". The Montgomery Advertiser. July 19, 1970. p. 1.
- ^ Brantley, Max (December 27, 2015). "Hillary Clinton undercover in the segregationist South in 1972". The Arkansas Times. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ "Mayor's Office | Dothan, AL - Official Website". www.dothan.org. Retrieved February 12, 2023.