A Tampa public charter school for the performing arts that serves solely minority and economically disadvantaged students could shutter its doors midyear after receiving a letter from district officials about “serious security deficiencies.”
The district’s letter, dated Friday, Oct. 10, blindsided top officials at Walton Academy for the Performing Arts in Seminole Heights.
Parents received a letter from the district shortly after Walton’s principal and board chairperson learned that district superintendent Van Ayres planned to recommend the charter for the school “be immediate- ly terminated” at Tuesday’s meeting…