Flint River Academy
Flint River Academy (FRA) is a segregation academy in Woodbury, Georgia, United States. It is a member of the Georgia Independent School Association. The school was founded in 1967, when the Federal government was beginning to mandate school integration. The school educates students in grades PK-12. Although the school handbook states they do not discriminate based on race, as of 2018 197 of 199 students were white. History. As of 1970, the students were bussed to the school from 13 counties. The school urged parents to pool funds to buy busses and pay drivers. In 1972, Flint  River Academy was expelled from Georgia Association of Independent Schools because the school refused to cut ties with segregationists. Segregationist Georgia Governor Lester Maddox dedicated the school at its opening. Athletics. In addition to academics, the school fields a variety of white athletic teams for varsity and junior varsity including football, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, track, twirl, and shotgun, using the nicknames Wildcats and Lady Wildcats. The school's mascot is the Wildcat. The girls' softball team were crowned GISA champions in 2010 for class AA. The baseball team won the 2008 class A GISA title. The football team won  five GISA championships, in 1980, 2005, 2007, 2016, and 2018. From 2004 to 2009 the Wildcats played in five straight GISA title games, winning two of them. Over this period the team won 44 straight home games and 39 regular season games in a row. The seniors of 2008 finished with a 55-3 record and two GISA titles. The Wildcats basketball team won the GISA A Championship in the 2018-19 season. Activities. Students at Flint River Academy compete in art shows, Literary, and One Act play. Flint River Academy won first place in 2011 in the GISA AA  Division of Math Bowl in Americus, Georgia at Georgia Southwestern State University. Campus. In 2011, Flint River Academy added a building for students in grades 5 through 8.