George Stevens Academy
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George Stevens Academy (GSA) is a private school in Blue Hill, Maine.[1]
The following towns in Hancock County pay GSA to educate their students at the high school level: Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, Sedgwick, and Surry. These towns do not operate public high schools but instead send their high school students to this school.[2] The Bangor Daily News described the school as "semi-private",[3] and as "the area high school".[4]
As of 1981[update] private funds were used to construct all of the buildings. It is the oldest school in the county.[5]
History
The Blue Hill Academy opened in 1803. The original George Stevens Academy entity incorporated in 1891,[4] and began operations in 1898. The two schools' boards of trustees became one body.[6] In 1943 the Maine Legislature passed a bill formally declaring them to be merged, and the institution initially used the name Blue Hill-George Stevens Academy. Segdwick began sending high school students to GSA in 1943. Brooksville began doing so in 1960.[4]
In 2025 the Blue Hill town government proposed that it buy GSA property for $1,800,000 so it could use the land for town facilities.[7]
See also
Other private high schools in Maine which take students with public funds (from unorganized areas and/or with agreements with school districts):