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The Seventh-day Adventist Church runs a large educational system throughout the world. As of 2008, 1678 [1] secondary schools are affiliated with the Church. Some schools offer both elementary and secondary education.
The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (commonly referred to as NJSDA or SDA) is the State agency responsible for fully funding and managing the new construction, modernization and renovation of school facilities projects in 31 New Jersey school districts known as the ‘SDA Districts’. [1]
In 2023, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has associations with a total of 9,845 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 2,177,933 million students worldwide. The denominationally-based school system began in the 1870s. [3]
Laurelwood Academy was closed in 1985 after enrollment had declined at the schools of the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. [ 9 ] In 1988, the Oregon Conference sold the 430-acre (1.7 km 2 ) academy to a private group run by alumni of the school for $1.5 million. [ 9 ]
Georgia-Cumberland Academy (GCA) is a Seventh-day Adventist private high-school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Georgia and Tennessee located in Calhoun, Georgia, United States. [8] GCA offers an Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools high school diploma program. [8]
The land for the school grounds was purchased for $46,000 by the school founders from the family of 18th-century abolitionist and ironmaster Thomas Rutter. The building used for the headmaster's residence (the Manor House) was once used as a staging point for the Underground Railroad .
School districts that drop to a four-day week can produce a maximum savings of 5.43%, according to the Education Commission of the States, but most districts average savings between 0.4% and 2.5%.
Leal Grunke, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor from Chowchilla, California, was the procurement officer for the Central California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. When he saw the location for the first time, he proposed using it for a boarding school. He met opposition from church officials, and then from the government.