Parklane Academy is a private Christian school from grades K4 through 12th grade located in McComb, Mississippi. Parklane is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS).
It was started in 1970, partially in reaction to the desegregation of the McComb, Mississippi public schooling system. In fact, in a city that was 58.40% African-American as of the 2000 census, no African-American children had attended Parklane Academy a...
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Parklane Academy is a private Christian school from grades K4 through 12th grade located in McComb, Mississippi. Parklane is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS).
It was started in 1970, partially in reaction to the desegregation of the McComb, Mississippi public schooling system. In fact, in a city that was 58.40% African-American as of the 2000 census, no African-American children had attended Parklane Academy as of 2005. As of May 2009, Parklane Academy has awarded a high school diploma to its first African-American graduate, a little over 50 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that mandated the desegregation of public school systems.
In addition, singer Britney Spears attended Parklane until ninth grade, and her younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears completed tenth grade at Parklane before finishing her education via correspondence.
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