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In 2018, the school joined the Georgia High School Association in the 4-A private division. The following year the school's board agreed to waive the tuition for enrollment for black enrollees selected for admission. Thrower to explain why the school had been granted tax exempt status in light of a report that the school's headmaster told an NAACP investigator that 'no black applicants were expected' but the investigator's children could apply if they 'had $750 in their ass pocket.' : 2021 Commissioner Thrower, who was himself a champion of civil rights, dismissed Mondale's allegations of racism on the grounds that 'sometimes charges are inaccurate and sometimes they are recklessly made.' Senator Walter Mondale asked IRS commissioner Randolph W. The IRS decision to grant tax exempt status to the school was investigated by Senate Select Committee on Equal Education Opportunity. : 1997 Before opening, the school ran newspaper advertisements informing the community of its non-discriminatory policy. The school was founded in 1970, and the school received a Federally recognized tax-exemption based on its non-discriminatory policy. Keller, Jr., made it a condition of his acceptance to the post that the school not be a segregation academy.

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It received full re-accreditation in 2022.Īs he was being interviewed by the first Board of Trustees, the first Headmaster of the Heritage School, George H.

The school is a member of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), and is accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS). According to historian Love Williams, the school's Federal Tax exempt status granted in 1970 was entirely conditioned upon the school having a racially inclusive enrollment policy. The National Association of Independent Schools, which insisted on open-admissions policies for all its member schools, admitted the Heritage School to its membership in 1970. Established in 1970, from its founding, the Heritage School maintained an open admissions policy, although they initially did not enroll any black students. The Heritage School is a co-educational private school in Newnan, Georgia, United States. Southern Association of Independent Schools