A charter school can’t do much without a charter, so the American Indian Model Schools are asking a judge to save theirs.
The Oakland Unified School District yanked the schools’ charter on March 20, accusing the system of fiscal mismanagement.
School managers say they addressed the concerns. The district says they ignored a year’s worth of requests.
The group of three schools filed an appeal to the Alameda County Office of Education on April 18. The county has 90 days to respond. If it upholds the charter revocation, the schools can appeal to the state.
While waiting for the result of its appeal, the school is seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the school district from shutting it down. That will allow it to begin its summer classes on schedule June 20 and plan a regular school year starting in fall, said the schools’ attorney, Greg Moser.