David School
Encyclopedia
The David School is located in David, Kentucky
, a rural village in the Appalachian Mountains
. The school is a non-denominational private high school with a mission to serve underprivileged and struggling students.
The David School was started in the 1970s by Danny Greene, originally from New York City
, who had come to David, Kentucky, as a college sophomore and was moved by the rampant poverty and illiteracy there. Greene retired as Executive Director in 2005 and moved to San Antonio, Texas for family reasons, according to newspaper accounts, but remained involved with the David School as a fund-raiser.
The school's campus was built largely with volunteer labor and many of the workers at the David School are technically long-term volunteers rather than employees and earn only about $500 per month.
The school is featured in the PBS
documentary Country Boys
.
David, Kentucky
David is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States along County Route 404. Located in the Appalachian Mountains, it lies approximately 100 miles southeast of Lexington. The town was named for David L. Francis, President of Princess Elkhorn Coal Company which originally...
, a rural village in the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains #Whether the stressed vowel is or ,#Whether the "ch" is pronounced as a fricative or an affricate , and#Whether the final vowel is the monophthong or the diphthong .), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians...
. The school is a non-denominational private high school with a mission to serve underprivileged and struggling students.
The David School was started in the 1970s by Danny Greene, originally from New York City
New York City
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, who had come to David, Kentucky, as a college sophomore and was moved by the rampant poverty and illiteracy there. Greene retired as Executive Director in 2005 and moved to San Antonio, Texas for family reasons, according to newspaper accounts, but remained involved with the David School as a fund-raiser.
The school's campus was built largely with volunteer labor and many of the workers at the David School are technically long-term volunteers rather than employees and earn only about $500 per month.
The school is featured in the PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
documentary Country Boys
Country Boys
Country Boys is a 6-hour documentary film centered on Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, two teenage boys from David, Floyd County, Kentucky. They attended the , a non-denominational private high school with a mission to serve underprivileged and struggling students.The film covers the 3-year period...
.
Notable alumni
- Lisa Anderson Willis - Teacher at Bath County High School.
- Matthew David Ward - published author.