[2] That same year, groups of white parents began organizing private schools, dubbed segregation academies, to keep their children from being educated alongside black students.

[2] One such group came together in 1968; the following year, the board incorporated a non-profit organization to launch what was to be called Gadsden Day School.

[3] The current main campus is in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, with a Havana post office address.

The move would make it easier for high school students to take courses at Tallahassee Community College.

[1] After the move, the school continued to use the sports fields in the former Mount Pleasant campus.