Stratford Academy

Stratford Academy is a private school in Bibb County, Georgia, United States, near Macon.

[7] Stratford was founded in 1960 by a group of white parents who wished to avoid the prospect of sending their children to racially integrated public schools.

[6]: 311 [4] The founders viewed the desegregation of Bibb County public schools as an "impending crisis.

[5] In 2002, the school's headmaster, Edward England, announced financial grants to attract minority students.

[15] Stratford earned accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (now known as Cognia) in 1982.

When Stratford Academy first opened in 1960, classes were held in the Cowles-Woodruff Mansion . [ 4 ]