The Texas Education Agency moved Thursday to shut down an East Side charter school after just three school years of operation.
Essence Preparatory Public School, a charter school serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade formed to meet the needs of Black and brown students. It opened in 2022, and TEA told the school’s leaders it would not renew its charter after this academic year due to poor performance.
Last year, just 16% of students who took state standardized tests performed on grade level…