Robert F. Munroe Day School
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 Robert F. Munroe Day School
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| Coordinates | 30°39′12″N 84°41′59″W / 30.6534°N 84.6996°WCoordinates: 30°39′12″N 84°41′59″W / 30.6534°N 84.6996°W |
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| Founded | 1969 |
| Campus size | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Website | www |
 The Robert F. Munroe Day Kindergarten John A. Blitch Building is within Quincy proper |
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Robert F. Munroe Day School is a K-12 private school in Gadsden County, Florida. The main campus is in Mount Pleasant, an unincorporated area near Quincy, while the kindergarten campus, the Robert F. Munroe Day Kindergarten, is in Quincy proper.
The school was established in 1969, and it opened to all grade levels in the following year. The school was founded as segregation academy in response to the court ordered desegregation of public schools. It was named after board member Robert Fraser Munroe, who died as the school was being established; it was originally to be known as the Gadsden Day School.
At the time schools in Gadsden County were racially integrating, and many white students were enrolled at Munroe Day School. As of 2006[update] the student body includes racial and ethnic minorities.
The first headmaster was S.M. Eubanks. The day kindergarten Quincy campus opened in 1977.
The main campus has 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land. Buildings on the Mount Pleasant campus include:
The Quincy kindergarten campus includes the John Allen Blitch Child Development Center, which opened in 1987.
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