Briarfield Academy

Briarfield Academy is a non-sectarian, private school admitting pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade students. It is located on Riddle Lane in Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. The school has more than 250 students.

Briarfield Academy
Location
Briarfield Academy
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Coordinates32.8309868°N 91.1882044°W / 32.8309868; -91.1882044
Information
TypePrivate
Established1970 (1970)
GradesPK-12

History

The school was founded as a segregation academy in 1970 after a federal court ordered the racial integration of East Carroll Parish public schools. This was 16 years after the US Supreme Court had ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).[1]

When it first opened, the school enrolled 400 students in kindergarten through 8th grade.[1] By the end of 1970, Briarfield Academy enrolled 565 students at two campuses.[2] Many of the Briarfield Academy's teachers in the early years were former employees of the public schools system. They resigned and took pay cuts to avoid having to teach in racially integrated classrooms.[1]

References
  1. Miller, Mike (February 15, 1970). "Private Schools Mushroom in wake of Desegregation Order". The (Opelousas) Daily World. p. 22.
  2. Rushing, Mildred (December 29, 1970). "Newsmakers are recalled for 1970 in East Carroll". The Monroe News Star. p. 22.
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