Justin Parmenter here tells the story of the “white flight academy” that decided to turn itself into a charter, thus relieving the parents of the burden of paying tuition. Now the taxpayers of North Carolina get to fund this school with a long history of fighting desegregation. Hobgood Academy was founded in 1969 and opened … Continue reading Justin Parmenter: What Happened What a Private Segregationist Academy Turned into a Charter School in North Carolina