Claiborne Academy is a

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, non-profit,

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through

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school located in

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Claiborne Parish Claiborne Parish (french: Paroisse de Claiborne) is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1828, and was named for the first List of Governors of Louis ...

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, near Haynesville. It was founded in 1969 as a

segregation academy Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. ...

. Claiborne Academy was founded in 1969 by a group of citizens from Claiborne Parish, including

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, and

William M. Rainach William Monroe Rainach Sr. (July 31, 1913 – January 26, 1978) was an American segregationist politician and businessman. A Democrat, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the State Senate. Early life William Odom was bo ...

. Mr. Birdsong was a hard worker and financial backer on many aspects of the initial construction. He was instrumental in the construction of the football stadium, Gymnasium and many other buildings that still stand today. Rainach, a Louisiana state legislator and

White Citizens' Council The Citizens' Councils (commonly referred to as the White Citizens' Councils) were an associated network of white supremacist, segregationist organizations in the United States, concentrated in the South and created as part of a white backlash a ...

leader. Rainach also established the Claiborne Academy Foundation and raised money for the school for many years. The school opened in the 1969–1970 academic year on two campuses: one in Haynesville and one in

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. The present campus was built in 1970 and began operation in the 1970–1971 school year. Many additions and improvements have since been made. The school is accredited by the State of Louisiana and the

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, as well as holding Brumfield-Dodd status and participation in the State of Louisiana TOPS tuition program. The school was a member of the

Louisiana Independent School Association The Louisiana Independent School Association (1970-1992), more commonly known as LISA, was an athletic association created to offer interscholastic sports at all-white segregation academies in the state of Louisiana. The organization is no longe ...

until 1992.

Athletics

Championships

Football championships *(3) LISA State Championships: 1981, 1987, 1990 *(1) MAIS State Championships: 2004

References

External links

Official website
Private high schools in Louisiana Private middle schools in Louisiana Private elementary schools in Louisiana Schools in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Segregation academies in Louisiana {{Louisiana-school-stub