| Southland Academy | |
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| Coordinates | 32°04′25″N 84°11′39″W / 32.073590°N 84.194143°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1966 |
| NCES School ID | A0301268 |
| Headmaster | Larry Collins |
| Number of students | 552[1] |
| Campus size | 55 acres (22 ha) |
| Color(s) | Black, gold, and white |
| Team name | Raiders |
| Website | www |
Southland Academy is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian Christian college preparatory day school in Americus, Georgia, United States. It enrolls 552 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.[1] It was founded in 1966 as a segregation academy.[2][3]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NCES2020was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Wendell Rawls Jr. (October 26, 1979). "Students in Carter's Home County Continue Boycott of Public Schools". The New York Times. p. A16.
- ^ King, Wayne (January 28, 1979). "Crumbling School in Plains Mired in Consolidation Drive". The New York Times. p. 24. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
That neglect, they contend, forces those who can afford it, mostly whites, to send their children to other schools, mainly Sumter's private Southland Academy, that sprang up to circumvent school integration.