Amelia Academy
| Amelia Academy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 8741 N Five Forks Rd, Amelia Courthouse | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Rodney Taylor |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 188 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | maroon and navy blue |
| Athletics conference | VISAA, VCC |
| Mascot | Patriots |
| Website | Amelia Academy |
Coordinates: 37°19′51″N 77°59′4″W / 37.33083°N 77.98444°W
Amelia Academy is an independent co-educational college preparatory school in Amelia, Virginia. It was founded in 1964 as a segregation academy. The campus is located within the rural Piedmont region of central Virginia.
Amelia Academy was founded in 1964 during Virginia's policy of massive resistance to involuntary integration of public schools. At this time most of the white students in Amelia County transferred to the new Amelia Academy as a segregation academy.
Like many such schools, Amelia Academy had its tax-exempt status suspended by the Internal Revenue Service in the early 1970s due to its racially discriminatory admission policies. The school has since regained its tax-exempt status as it has continually integrated.
Amelia Academy regained its tax exempt status in 1985. However, in February 1986 the Internal Revenue Service announced that it was opening an investigation to determine whether the Amelia Academy and two other Virginia private schools had in fact abandoned racial discrimination in admissions. In April 1986 the IRS announced that both the Amelia Academy and the Isle of Wight Academy would have their tax exemptions revoked.
As of 1988, no Black student had ever attended the school. In May of that year, headmistress Dallas De K. Lewis told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that "We have an open-door policy. We'd be delighted if we could get some other races." In 1993, the school's lack of integration was the subject of controversy when gubernatorial candidate George Allen attended a school fundraiser and was surprised to discover that it was all-white.
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