Segregation Academies

 Pro-Publica is out with an expansive story about schools started by whites in the South. They're called "Segregation Academies", and there are efforts to fund them with public tax dollars.

The article focuses mostly on North Carolina, mostly because records in that state are more available:

"In North Carolina alone, we identified 39 of these likely “segregation academies” that are still operating and that have received voucher money. Of these, 20 schools reported student bodies that were at least 85% white in a 2021-22 federal survey of private schools, the most recent data available.

Those 20 academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from the state in the past three years alone. None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close.

Northeast Academy, a small Christian school in rural Northampton County on the Virginia border, is among them. As of the 2021-22 survey, the school’s enrollment was 99% white in a county that runs about 40% white."

27 similar schools in Alabama are identified in a Wikipedia article HERE.

And let's remember Governor Ivey's comments earlier this year:

“While our state has a strong public education system, all Alabama families will soon have the right to choose their children’s schools”.

Right.