The future of a charter school in South Los Angeles is in limbo after school district board members voted to remove its charter.
Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy is appealing the denial of its charter to the county in hopes of getting the title back. Charters are renewed every five years but back in March, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to deny the renewal of its charter since it was performing lower compared to neighboring schools.
Locke Academy serves about 1,000 students and has been run by Green Dot Public Schools. According to data provided by the school, graduation rates have increased since the organization took over…