PHOENIX (AP) — A small charter school in eastern Arizona is on the brink of closing under an appellate court's decision upholding regulators' decision to shut down the school for not meeting academic performance standards.
Jefferson had appealed the board's decision to revoke Jefferson's charter after Jefferson received "D'' and "F'' letter grades on its achievement profiles over a three-year period and then didn't make improvements demanded by the board.
"The trouble is those kids aren't going to easily hit the standards that the charter school board wants...," said the attorney, Leonidas Condos.
