| Glades Day School | |
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| Address | |
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400 Gator Blvd Belle Glade , Florida 33430 United States | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1 June 1965 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 335 |
| Team name | Gators |
| Website | www |
Glades Day School is a K-12 private school in Belle Glade, Florida. It is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools. It was founded in 1965 as a segregation academy by white parents in response to the court-ordered desegregation of Palm Beach public schools.[1][2] It opened as Pahokee Day School and was renamed in 1967 as Day School of the Glades when it purchased and renovated the former Everglades Memorial Hospital in Pahokee.[3]
In 2006, Pahokee Mayor JP Sasser told a newspaper that he left the school in 1970 because administrators prohibited the football team from shaking hands with racially integrated opponents, but that he now supports the school "because they are not the same school." In 2006, the student body was 8.5% Black, while nearby public high schools were (Glades Central and Pahokee) were more than 97% Black. Sasser said the Pahokee High School football team showed up to root for Glades Day as it pursued a state championship. "The people of the Glades come together for the Glades, and history's history."[1]
- ^ a b Clary, Mike (December 29, 2006). "School's racial divides blur on football field". Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "School Desegregation". pbchistoryonline.org. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- ^ Thiebaud, Betty (1972), A History of Glades Day School, Glades Day School, retrieved October 29, 2017