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27-420: Jackson Academy may refer to: Jackson Academy (Alabama) , Jackson, Alabama Jackson Academy (Mississippi) , Jackson, Mississippi Jackson Academy (Virginia) , Newport News, Virginia See also [ edit ] Jackson School (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

54-418: A faculty member at Millsaps College . By November 1960, JA was a private school corporation, jointly owned by the parents of its 49 students, and supervised by a board of directors elected from those parents. The school served kindergarten (then called primer) and first through fifth grade. By the early 1970’s the school offered classes up to the ninth grade. In the early 1980’s the school added classes to

81-510: A principal, principal supervisor, chief of staff, and consultant to senior district leaders in Washington, D.C.; Detroit; Syracuse, New York; Baltimore; and Newark, New Jersey. The Jackson Public School District is governed by the Board of Trustees. Each member is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council to represent the schools in each of the city's seven wards. Jackson Public Schools

108-456: A racially segregated school. The attorney who filed the IRS complaint, Frank Parker , recalled that he received so many threats of violence that he had to leave Mississippi for several weeks. As of 1982, no African-Americans had ever applied to or attended Jackson Academy. The headmaster at the time, Glenn Cain, explained "People of like kind educate better together." In 1986 Jackson Academy became

135-485: A total of 31,941 students enrolled in the Jackson Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 97.51% African American, 1.83% White, 0.45% Hispanic, 0.18% Asian, and 0.03% Native American. 76.6% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. In April 2005, the district adopted

162-652: A year, and is named for President Emeritus Peter Jernberg, who led the school from 1988 to 2014. For the 1965–1966 school year, 41% of Jackson Academy's tuition revenue came from grants provided by the state of Mississippi. In 1969, in Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission , the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled that, since, in the court's opinion, Jackson Academy would refuse to admit qualified Black students,

189-448: Is a public school district serving the majority of Jackson , the state capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Mississippi . Established in 1888, it is the second largest and only urban school district in the state. Jackson schools integrated by law as per Derek Jerome Singleton vs. the Jackson Public School District , decided in 1969. In 1969, 47% of the students were black. The enrollment declined by 5,000 students between

216-544: Is black, was instructed by Jackson Academy athletic director Bobby West not to attend the game to be played at East Holmes Academy on account of his race. When he was later interviewed about his action, West attempted to cast blame onto a supposed third party whom he refused to name, explaining that he had "passed along the information given" to him, disclosing neither the source nor substance of any such "information." Jackson Academy currently fields 23 athletics teams, 10 male and 13 female. JA's football team, which competes in

243-580: Is the second-largest school district in Mississippi, serving nearly 21,000 scholars, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 170,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles. There are 7 high schools, 10 middle schools, 31 elementary schools, and 4 special program schools comprising the District's 52 school sites. These schools are divided into 7 feeder patterns based on

270-646: The Midsouth Association of Independent Schools , won nine MAIS titles from 1995 to 2016. The girls' volleyball team has won six titles since 2014 (including back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020), and has played in every MAIS championship match since 2012. In 2018, girls' basketball coach Jan Sojourner celebrated her 900th win. In her 36 seasons at Jackson Academy, Sojourner has coached her teams to 22 championships, including six MAIS titles. Jackson Public School District The Jackson Public School District ( JPSD ) or Jackson Public Schools ( JPS )

297-751: The Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA), the organization was initially founded in 1968 as an accrediting agency for segregation academies . In 2019, the organization became the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools, then the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools. They are also a member of District V of Cum Laude Society , one of four Mississippi schools with the chapter designation. In 2010, Jackson Academy opened an 800-seat performing arts center. Jackson Academy has two competitive show choirs ,

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324-406: The district to retain middle and upper class students, but the organization decided circa the mid-2000s that this was not a viable goal anymore. In 2017 the enrollment was 96% black, with Hispanics being the next-largest racial group. In 2017 the district received its second F grade from the state government, so the state announced it would make efforts to take over management. Instead the state and

351-503: The fall semester of 1969 and February 1, 1970, due to white flight . In fall 1970 the percentage of black students was now 61. A 1969 school bond proposed by the district failed as voters of all races were unsure what would happen as a result of integration; this was the first JPS bond that was not approved by voters. By 1994 the district's student body was 85% black. Initially the Parents for Public Schools Jackson (PPSJ) focused on efforts for

378-484: The first segregation academy in the Jackson area to enroll black students. Cain was succeeded by Jernberg as headmaster in 1988. In 2001, Jackson Academy had its first black graduate. As of 2009, the school was over 98% white, whereas Jackson city schools were 97.6% black. In the 2017–18 school year, Jackson Academy had 1,183 students. Not including pre-K, the students were 85% white, 13.4% black, and 1% Asian, with

405-566: The first month of the 1969–1970 school year, the district had 39,079 students: 20,851, or 53%, were white, and 18,228, or 47%, were black. In the first month of the 1970–1971 school year, the enrollment was 30,723 students: 11,968, or 39%, were white, and 18,755, or 61%, were black. In 1994 the district had 32,731 students, with 27,868 - 85% - being black; this was the first year that the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) published racial demographics of school districts. There were

432-421: The high school receiving the area's scholars. There are nearly 5,000 employees in the District, which offers a variety of special programs such as Academic and Performing Arts Complex, International Baccalaureate, and Montessori. Thanks to a Bond Referendum in 2006, three new schools were established–Kirksey Middle School, serving families in north Jackson, and Bates Elementary and Cardozo Middle Schools, serving

459-456: The high school-aged group "Encore" and the middle school-aged group "Showtime". The program hosts an annual competition. In 1988, Jackson Academy's football team's road game against San Marino High School was referred to as the "porcelain bowl" because of both school's overwhelmingly white student population. In 1989, a retired NFL player, Glenn Collins , was the color commentator for Jackson Academy football radio broadcasts. Collins, who

486-453: The office of mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba partnered with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to manage the district. Dr. Errick L. Greene is the superintendent of Jackson Public Schools. The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees announced Dr. Greene's appointment in the fall of 2018. Dr. Greene's commitment to education spans more than 25 years. His career started in the classroom teaching middle school and upper elementary students. Later, he became

513-410: The remaining percentage split between Hispanic students and students of two or more races. Jackson Academy is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Jackson Academy is part of the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS), a consortium of schools in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas that governs athletic competition for its member schools. Previously named

540-464: The school and the school's discriminatory practices was available from at least 1969. In April 1979, Jackson Academy's campus was damaged in the Jackson Easter flood . The school resumed classes in temporary facilities provided by local churches. Jackson Academy vacated the churches after a civil rights attorney filed a lawsuit to revoke the churches' tax-exempt status since the churches were aiding

567-431: The school enrolls nearly 1200 students in grades K3 through 12, making it one of the largest independent schools in Mississippi. In 1959, Loyal Bearss and ten families founded Jackson Academy, with the mission to teach children reading through the use of Bearss' phonics method, Beginning Phonics, developed while Bearss was working as a director of the speech and hearing clinic at University of Southern Mississippi , and as

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594-417: The south Jackson community. The new schools opened in 2010. A second Bond Referendum passed in 2018. Work on 2018 Bond Construction Projects is underway. In March 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama visited Pecan Park Elementary and Brinkley Middle Schools as a part of her Let's Move program. In 2017 96% of the students were black, and the next largest racial group was Hispanic students. That year about 99% of

621-620: The students were eligible to receive lunches at school for no cost or for a reduced cost; in other words they were classified as low income. Circa 2017 the median income for the city of Jackson was $ 32,250. In 2017 Susan Womack, president of the PPSJ from 2000 to 2012, stated that middle to upper-class families in Jackson tended to leave public school after elementary school, with parents who remained in Jackson enrolling their children in private school, and those who wished to continue enrolling their children in public schools moving to Madison County . In

648-484: The title Jackson Academy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jackson_Academy&oldid=561009822 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jackson Academy (Mississippi) Today,

675-596: The tuition grant program violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment . Jackson Academy's enrollment tripled in 1970 when the Supreme Court, in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education , ordered Jackson public schools to desegregate. Because the school did not have a race blind admissions policy, the IRS revoked their tax exempt status. In 1973, the FCC

702-600: The twelfth grade. In 2008, JA started working towards becoming an Apple one-to-one environment. In 2014, the school was selected as an Apple Distinguished School, and maintains a 100% Apple Teacher certification, while providing all students in K5 through 12th grade with Apple devices for digital learning. The academy's board of trustees established the James Peter Jernberg, Jr. Scholars program in 2014. The scholarship provides up to full tuition and fees for several students

729-422: Was asked to revoke WLBT 's broadcasting license because the station's largest shareholder, William Mounger, also served as a Jackson Academy Vice President. The FCC filing stated that, since Mounger was affiliated with an institution that practiced racial segregation, he was not fit to hold a broadcasting license. In 1974, the FCC rejected the complaint as untimely since the evidence of Mounger's association with

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